timing out

A quick question folks, could slack crank pulley/damper on a 200tdi
cause timing to go out slightly? How?
cheers S.

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steve <[email protected]> wrote:

> A quick question folks, could slack crank pulley/damper on a 200tdi
> cause timing to go out slightly? How?
> cheers S.

Not really - it's fixed in position with Woodruff key,
well 2 actualy. However, it's not unkown for the slot that
the key goes into to chip allowing some slack. Just really
alarm you, I have seen a couple of cranks which have
twisted the end - just prior to snapping.

In short, it's quite unlikely, but possible(ish). If you
think you may have a problem, the only real way to rule it
out would be to pull the damper off and have a look.

Richard
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beamendsltd wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>
> steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>A quick question folks, could slack crank pulley/damper on a 200tdi
>>cause timing to go out slightly? How?
>>cheers S.
>
>
> Not really - it's fixed in position with Woodruff key,
> well 2 actualy. However, it's not unkown for the slot that
> the key goes into to chip allowing some slack. Just really
> alarm you, I have seen a couple of cranks which have
> twisted the end - just prior to snapping.
>
> In short, it's quite unlikely, but possible(ish). If you
> think you may have a problem, the only real way to rule it
> out would be to pull the damper off and have a look.
>
> Richard
oooooer that sounds nasty, I've got a squint pulley so it needs to come
off anyway for a look, timing was a bit out causing my bad smoke
problem, I wonder what caused it to go out...went over a couple of months.
thanks Richard,
Steve