1998 escort replacing timing belt &water pump I can not get crank to line up top dead center acts like hitting on something .

Asked by GuruZ1C3S Nov 07, 2017 at 10:57 PM about the 1998 Ford Escort 4 Dr SE Sedan

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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blkfrk answered 6 years ago

well did the belt go out why you were driving it? if it did you could have a Broken or bent valve, or Broken Piston

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GuruZ1C3S answered 6 years ago

my car was running fine except for one morning wouldn't start so had starter checked and was bad replaced it and started was loud and sounded like timing was off so i decided to replace belt and water pump.I checked no broken or bent valve. I wasn't driving it .

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blkfrk answered 6 years ago

noting bent or broke, then I would say (without checking) you might have the belt a little off did you bring it to tdc before you installed the belt ?

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