I am having the cambelt done on my 306 this friday. Just getting the bits in from Peugeot and the guy also sent me their workshop cambelt change guide.

It is very similar to the FAQ DIY and Autodata ones on here and like those guides it states you must change the crank pulley if the hole is out of alignment to begin with due to slippage of the cotter because it won\'t be a reliable crank timing indicator.

Now, the reason I am having my belt done is because we are worried it is too loose and potentially the timing is wrong as it is.

I really don\'t want to buy a Crank Pulley from Pug if I don\'t need it as it\'s nonstock and they won\'t have it back so what I am asking is;

a. Can you look at the crank pulley and there should be a set angle from say the key top to where the timing hole is so I know mine is ok?

or

b. Is there anyway of correctly locking the flywheel by either using the TDC, or having all the pistons at the same height (I don\'t know which is correct) or is there a hole near the starter to lock the flywheel correctly from the engine side of fly?

I hope someone knows because I don\'t want to buy a crank pulley, nor do I want to get to the day and the guy doing it get stuck.

Cheers CRaig

set the timing at the top end so the cams lock, and if the crank pin fits its fine, if not get a new pulley.

________________________________________

need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com

Bring on the Trumpets.

if the pulley has slipped the pin wont go in, so the pulley should be replaced, simple as that

________________________________________

need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com

Bring on the Trumpets.

As Carl says, when you remove the lower pulley, there are two 10mm gold coloured bolts - one either side of the toothed lower pulley.

When the bottom end is timed up, the woodruff key on the crankshaft will point towards the left 10mm bolt, or if you think of the two gold 10mm bolts as 9am and 3pm, the key will point directly to 9am.

Hope this helps,

Stan.

________________________________________

"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

no you still need to replace it, leave it long enough and you\'ll get an Auxillary belt coming off, when this happens they often take the timing belt out.

________________________________________

need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com

Bring on the Trumpets.

Cambelt all done now lads, no problems doing it I don't think as the guy at work who got it is an ex Peugeot master tech.

What a difference a properly timed up cambelt makes though, the old one must of been tensioned/timed wrong as it pulls a lot harder now, and the revs are quicker to raise and fall. I still have a slightly tappy bangy noise when it is cold at idle but it dissappears when you rev it. (We think bent valve from snap and previous bodge job maybe)

Fingers crossed after the new rad and thermo housing and coolant change I done last night and todays cambelt it will be through some of its intermittent fast idle and hesitation problems.

We will see!

Dosen't really matter if its AM or PM does it?

________________________________________

Team 205 1.9 GTi ™

Team: Hmm™

Was chuckling at that as well

I'd get on to carl and buy an ally pulley, cheaper than a standard and won't slip.

Are the cams locked ok?

________________________________________

Ex SC-6

Now in a Megane R26

Getting a alloy one off Rich

Cams are not in yet,thought I best get crank position correct before bringing valves into the equation

________________________________________

Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........

Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress.