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- Sat Jun 14, 2014 8:30 pm #346447 I recently acquired a 1992 civic sedan with d15b7. I had a look at the timing belt when I was fixing a leaky valve cover and it's cracked so I'm going to change it. I've read about all the marks and how to line it up with #1 cylinder at tdc with the crank marks NO PROBLEM. The problem I have is that the top marks are off about 1/4 to 1/2 inch from the upper cam marks. Now is this because of the timing belt stretching? Or did it skip a tooth at some point. And since it is off the marks should I put the new one on and line up all the marks where they should be. it ran fine before I started all this. Thanks for any help..

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- Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:47 am #346467 When you gonna put a new timing belt , just put it on factory marks. Maybe who have it before was running advanced timing or it has another camshaft. Belt is gonna stretch a bit but not 1/2 inch.

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- Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:13 pm #346472 Since you will be lining up the timing and the cams, make sure you have a timing gun to test it is in the right position.

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- Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:10 pm #346590 Anyone else have any input? Or run into something like this?

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- Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:42 am #346592 Can you post a pic?

One mistake I see people make is trying to get the cam marks parallel with the ground. The d series motor is slightly tilted back so it is not parallel with the ground. The marks should be parallel with the engine, which will look slightly off if you're on a flat ground.

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- Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:35 pm #346646 After I lined up all the marks I put the timing belt on, the tensioner is not tight yet and I have yet to rotate the engine 4 times counterclockwise wise.. But everything looks good now?

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- Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:17 pm #346649 Don't want to give wrong info but I thought the timing marks for a b7 are suppose to line up with two that are parallel and the bottom one is supposed to be a little off. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

- Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:23 pm #346653 You may have been onto something. There is conflicting marks but it looks like the cam marks should be levelled with the head NOT the lower timing mark . But is the lower the same? Where I have looked it looks like its a mark on the timing cover and the crank pulley but how do you line that up if the cover is on? This is confusing.

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- Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:22 pm #346654 Well I levelled the cam marks to the head and left the the crank marks lined up on the crank and the block. The car fired up but I only let it run for a about 10 seconds as it has no coolant in it yet...tomorrow I will get my crank pulley and make sure the marks line up on the crank pulley and the timing belt cover hopefully it's all good.

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