Hello to all this my first post on the forum, however i am no stranger to italian cars mainly 20 valvole ones.
I am about to undertake a major service on my 192.A4000 1.8 16v stilo and would like some advice. The car has only covered 35,000 miles but is 10 years old.
I have bought the camshaft setting templates/locking tools and a flywheel lock. My question is, do i need a dti to measure top dead centre also?
I plan to turn the engine from the brake disk, while engaged in fifth gear to the timing marks for the crank, if they exist? Then attach the cam shaft templates/locking tools, possibly having to tweak the position turning the engine slightly using the above method. Then i plan to put the flywheel lock on to hold the crankshaft position. Will locking the flywheel prevent the crank from moving?
Then i believe you must undo the camshaft pulleys to allow the belt to tension correctly, is this necessary? I will have to undo the inlet camshaft to do the variator, but do they need to be free to turn anyway when tensioning?
Surely you could just count the teeth and mark between pulleys accurately? Because it will be held in position so its not going to move?
Any advice and help would really be appreciated
I am about to undertake a major service on my 192.A4000 1.8 16v stilo and would like some advice. The car has only covered 35,000 miles but is 10 years old.
I have bought the camshaft setting templates/locking tools and a flywheel lock. My question is, do i need a dti to measure top dead centre also?
I plan to turn the engine from the brake disk, while engaged in fifth gear to the timing marks for the crank, if they exist? Then attach the cam shaft templates/locking tools, possibly having to tweak the position turning the engine slightly using the above method. Then i plan to put the flywheel lock on to hold the crankshaft position. Will locking the flywheel prevent the crank from moving?
Then i believe you must undo the camshaft pulleys to allow the belt to tension correctly, is this necessary? I will have to undo the inlet camshaft to do the variator, but do they need to be free to turn anyway when tensioning?
Surely you could just count the teeth and mark between pulleys accurately? Because it will be held in position so its not going to move?
Any advice and help would really be appreciated