So I was working on my grandfathers car changing the valve cover gasket and saw this belt was a bit cracked. I don’t have any idea what it’s for since there’s a chain for timing assuming it was a timing belt. Any help is appreciated thanks 👍
#Does anyone know what this belt is for?
shut creek
upbeat hull
what year and model?
glass mural
Belt and chain are probably both for timing. The chain is probably more directly used for a vvt system. Might be wrong though
shut creek
Ohhhh ok I see
So the belt is hooked too the crank and the chains are hooked too the cam?
autumn stag
If you look at the picture that @upbeat hull posted is that a timing belt is connected to the crank, tensioner, idle pulley etc. So that there isn’t four cam gears, there are two cam gears with each pair of cams(over a bank of cylinders) connected to each other via the chain.
upbeat hull
If you look at the picture that <@71448681462640640> posted is that a timing be...
wow, repeating what ive said and explaining the obvious, thats kind of annoying
shut creek
Ok yes I see now for some reason the belt connecting to the other stuff like tensioner and pulley went over my head for some reason thanks