1.0 Ecoboost Timing

[acealfa]

Hi all,

Currently midway through a welt belt change. I saw the other thread but didn't want to hijack.

I have a concern about the VVT pullies, mainly the intake one. The timing tool doesn't line up. I've not disturbed anything & was just going to swap the belt but now I'm thinking I need to free off the pulley?

[jamiem555]

I just took the VVT solenoids off and refitted them. I didn’t use that tool. I didn’t think it was necessary as nothing moved once the cams were locked in place. That’s some mess in the pick up, looks like you caught it just in time.

[acealfa]

That's what I was going to do but decided to use the tools just to learn and noticed it seemed off. I decided to take the pulleys off and noticed there is some little filters in the bolts that no one mentions. There was a small amount of rubber but nothing bad luckily.

[jamiem555]

Probably a good thing you did. As you probably saw on my post, my strainer was virtually spotless. I’d leave everything lined up and locked and reassemble it as it was.

[vw_99]

Just a random thought.
If the strainer gets blocked we all know that causes bother. But would lack of oil have an effect on the vvt soinoids/ spockets.