mercedade wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:45 pm
Timing's out innit? One tooth?
I'm doing this with no tools whatsoever beyond an odds and sods collection of my dad's whitworth spanners, allen keys and some screwdrivers. No hope of properly checking TDC - I'm just trying to confirm very visually before it goes back to the garage first thing tomorrow morning.
I'd say more like 2 teeth retarded on the inlet cam!

The exhaust cam is slightly past the horizontal in your pic if you look closely. Take that into account and it looks more like two teeth.
That's assuming they've got the bottom end right as well!

These pretty pictures might help :
Note the T series is timed at 90 deg BTDC using a dowel pin (or M8 bolt if memory serves correctly) in the back of the flywheel through the engine backplate (between the block and bellhousing) so it's anybodys guess whether they even used that method to start with.
Either way, they need to sort it and if any engine damage has resulted (eg bent valves etc) then THEY have to put it right, it wasn't your mistake but theirs.
As a general thing, it's amazing how many so-called trainde mechanics have managed to do this in recent years to my knowledge and presumably have done it in the past as i've had a few cars that were difficult to start and sluggish compared to similar models i've had and usually the cam timing was amiss. My last Volvo had allegedly had the head gasket replaced by a Volvo specialist shortly before i got it, the timing kept wandering because the timing belt was extremely loose and even once tightened, it turned out to be a tooth out as well! Only a single cam so the effect was magnified and i daresay the turbo on yours masks some of the lack of grunt.
Good luck getting it sorted, fingers crossed there's no other damage as a result!
