I have an 89 Omni 2.2--I replaced the water pump--didn't...

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Answer by telecaster
Submitted on 1/2/2004
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Well,guess I'm not the only one who gotta learn the hard way. 1. Remove #1 spark plug. the one on left as you face the engine from in front of car. 2. Disconnect battery. 3. Using ratchet that fits bolt on crank pulley rotate engine clockwise only, until #1 piston is fully up. look for reference timing mark on front pulley or window thru bellhousing of tranny. On my 2.2 window and marks were on bellhousing and flywheel. put mark on dead 0 degrees mark. on top of timing belt cover you may have a hole about dead center near top. using small blade or phillips screwdriver, insert into plastic hole and see if hole in cam pulley is center of cover hole. if not and its way out it may be 180 degrees out and just rotate crank 1 more time and check again.if these line up, probbly just the dist. timing drive is out. remove distributor cap and see where rotor is pointing. it should be pointing dead at #1 of dist. cap. if this slightly out, just rotating cap may get you going. if this is drastically out, loosen belt tensioner and rotate pulley to get to where it should be. If everything is way out start from scratch. loosen belt, set crank to Zero. top cam pulley lineup hole to center of cover hole, and if cover doesnot have a hole, remove it and put the small offset hole to near top back of verticle, and line up the two of the 4 holes that are horizontal, line them up to mating surface of cam bearing cap closest to it. a mirror may come in handy here to check since space to see is lacking.when all is lined up, and you think you have it, before you try to start it. crank it over two or three times. check it again. also dont forget to put correct tension on belt. too much not good too little , will jump. you need about half inck of belt travel at light tension. if belt hums , it is tight. too tight. these are good engines broken belt or jumped belt wont damage valves in these, if they are stock. if all else fails, call a mechanic. I hope this helps

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Question by K.W. Harmon
Submitted on 10/27/2003
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I have an 89 Omni 2.2--I replaced the water pump--didn't mark timing belt well enough-- now I need to know how to put timing belt back on so the beast will run--Thanks for any help

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