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About 6 months ago I ended up getting a new timing gear and a harmonic balancer for about 20 bucks from pull-a-part. Covered the crank and loaded the groove with sleeve retainer. Tightened it down to spec and have been driving it ever since. I can tell its not in perfect time but i have put a couple thousand miles on it and it still performs close to perfect. (Which still kind of surprises me). I have a 95 legacy that was deemed total loss with a 2.2 liter and auto. What is the best way to determine if i could put it in place of the 1.8 and manual. And if It would line up with the mounts and trans?
Well I think i found the source. The crank shaft has a keyway groove and a key way. Some how the key way was bent and was wiggling and made the groove bigger wich was allowing the crank shaft to be about a tooth ahead of the cams. So now i have a whole new set of questions. Is there somehow i can fix the groove without having to change the whole crank shaft i.e. welding?
I didn`t disconnect the MAF it was the Oxygen sensor. I checked for vacuum leaks via the propain method to no avail. I haven`t had a chance to check fuel pressure yet but through driving it I have descovered a new symptom when driving the car if I barely press the throttle the car acts, accelerates and pulls hills normally ( for that amount of throttle). It seems the more throttle I give it the more it “bogs” down. Is that a fuel to air ratio problem? Through research it looks like its common for build up on the intake valves on the boxer engines. Common enough they made there own product to clean it. The cars old enough I didnt know if build up could be suspect.
It does have a MAF sensor. I disconnected the 3 wire o2 and it didnt effect. I didnt throw a code either. It comes up to temp and stays where it should but I will say it runs a little better after reaching temp. Not much but a little. The water pump and thermostat only have a couple thousand miles on them. I replaced the timing belt then and I put it in time (using the hash marks). The idlers and tensioner where in good shape at that point so I didnt replace. The car doesn`t smoke at all and I cant detect any coolant coming out. There is an exhaust leak at the driver side manifold (at the pipe side not the engine) and the muffler fell of 2 weeks ago. I dont know if that could add to it or not. Thanks for all the input fellas. I`m gonna go get dirty.