Some Help Broke Down :(

[dazza]

Not long now  the 18/19 link method was not good for me.

[GVK]

 Looking good. fingers crossed for a happy start-up!

[dazza]

Good news and bad news.

It runs     

Bad news
Coolant leak from the elbow that connects to the block.

In vcds block 93 phase position is -18

[skkane]

Timing seems off. Are you getting ~28kw actual in group 94? Here's how mine look.

[dazza]

maybe i should try the 18/19 method again? Currently its 19/20
But i could not get the locking tool in.

[skkane]

18/19 is what we did when we put it back together. We had no locking tool to check but it turned out to be spot on.

[dazza]

 

With 18/19 link method it's worse



When I did 19/20 links






Why is the 18/19 link method not working?

[skkane]

Damn, that looks way worse. Only things I can think about are the actual camshaft install into the head, the locking tool should slide in there without any force or wiggling if all is set properly. Either that or the timing belt side, are you certain that it's on spot? Here's two photos of how my cam positions looked with the current timing I have.

[dazza]

Damn, that looks way worse. Only things I can think about are the actual camshaft install into the head, the locking tool should slide in there without any force or wiggling if all is set properly. Either that or the timing belt side, are you certain that it's on spot? Here's two photos of how my cam positions looked with the current timing I have.

Thanks for the pics
The belt side looks good.
Even when the head was off i could only get the locking tool in at 18/19 links with a lot of wiggling.
I suppose i will set back to 19/20

[dazza]

Now it's back to 19/20 pins

[dazza]

Checked my bottom timing mark.




After a spin to the shops phase position bank 1 is now -16
No other errors

[skkane]

Mine used to be -9kw on group93 with the old engine. I'd run it but fk do I know . Group 91 looks good with actual meeting requested. A bit baffling though as mine and all the others i've seen request 28kw at idle vs your 24kw, was that with the engine up to temp?  Maybe someone with more experience can chime in.

[dazza]

Mine used to be -9kw on group93 with the old engine. I'd run it but fk do I know . Group 91 looks good with actual meeting requested. A bit baffling though as mine and all the others i've seen request 28kw at idle vs your 24kw, was that with the engine up to temp?  Maybe someone with more experience can chime in.

Yes it was up to temp. The motor is an axx maybe this is why some readings are different.
Going to drive it for a few days to see if it improves.

[skkane]

AXX being a bit different makes sense since they used slightly different cams vs my older BYD and this CDL, had CDL cams on the BYD aswellso maybe that's why I'm getting the 28kw.

[dazza]

The car has done a thousand km now. The fluid levels were good until yesterday when I noticed a patch on the floor. I think it's from the water pump.