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[johnnywgk]

Hi guys, think i need some help.
Long story short.

Been ill for a while

Took bonnet off over winter ( rain and bad weather) with spark plug out

Had starter motor problem before

Tried starting and sounded like starter motor but made me think maybe rain got into plug hole and seized that cylinder

Problem before car wouldn't turn over so rock the car back and forth in gear to sort starter and it fired up instantly

Today i tried to turn the engine over with socket on crank and the socket/ rachet turned but the pulley the belt goes round stayed still

Any help please tia

[GreenV8S]

johnnywgk said:

Today i tried to turn the engine over with socket on crank and the socket/ rachet turned but the pulley the belt goes round stayed still

Did the engine actually turn over? If not, and if you were turning it lefty-loosy, perhaps you undid the crank pulley bolt. In that case you'll want to tighten that back up to the specified torque.

[johnnywgk]

Turned it clock wise

[phillpot]

Have you got all plugs out, will make it much easier to turn.

take a rocker cover off (passenger side easiest) and see if valves move when you turn with socket on front pulley bolt.

[johnnywgk]

Cheers Mike

[Polly Grigora]

johnnywgk said:

Today i tried to turn the engine over with socket on crank and the socket/ rachet turned but the pulley the belt goes round stayed still

johnnywgk said:

Turned it clock wise

Mmmm, you tightened or over-tightened the bolt

The unknown is, was the bolt loose and it did tighten or was the bolt already tightened to the correct torque setting and it has now been stretched more than it should have been

What is in your favour, it is very difficult to stretch a crank pulley bolt with a ratchet due to not being able to get enough leverage on it

Something else to consider, the crank pulley bolt could have a stripped thread from the past and you have stripped it a little more

There is no truer phrase than life is a bh

Obviously there could also be an engine problem but bolt needs sorting before catastrophic failure

[johnnywgk]

Don't think I over tightened it

Think it was already tight

Used an extension rachet

Feels too tight to be stripped

Yes life is a bh

[Polly Grigora]

johnnywgk said:

Don't think I over tightened it

Think it was already tight

Used an extension rachet

Feels too tight to be stripped

Yes life is a bh

Ok then

The only other possibles are pulley coming apart, ratchet slip or pulley turning on shaft due to damaged key or key-way

[johnnywgk]

Pulley coming apart?

It's not rachet slip

Woodruff key?

Cheers for the help

[johnnywgk]

Mike, or anyone, rather than take rocker off would taking distributor cap off to see if rotor moves be easier, or am i being dumb

[phillpot]

Yep, that will do it

[Polly Grigora]

johnnywgk said:

Pulley coming apart?

It's not rachet slip

Woodruff key?

Cheers for the help

Ok then

Did you find what was wrong at the pulley?

[johnnywgk]

Not yet

[Polly Grigora]

Ok then, good fault innit

[johnnywgk]

I will post when ive found out