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staticsan
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 Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:51 pm Post subject: Okay, this is probably a dumb question... |
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But which way does a 924 engine turn?
I imagine there's a tried-and-true, everyone-knows-how-to-figure-it-out method that every car mechanic knows, a method so common and ordinary that the Haynes book neglects to make this information clear... Well, I don't know it.
I'm okay at dynamic visualization, though, so from the way the drive-train is diagrammed, I when you're sitting in the driver's seat, the engine appears to turn clockwise.
Am I right?
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Lizard
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Looking at the front of the engine the rotation is Clockwise.
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Smoothie
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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+1^
Looking back at it from the front of the car, rotation is clockwise.
From the drivers' seat facing forward, it counter-clockwise [anti-clockwise].
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staticsan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject: Thanks. |
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I'll remember that: that's direction that makes sense for the timing belt! 
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bnoon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:30 am Post subject: Re: Thanks. |
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| staticsan wrote: | I'll remember that: that's direction that makes sense for the timing belt!
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Speaking of timing belt and engine rotation: Make sure to only go clock-wise when turning the engine by hand to check the line-up of the timing dots. If you go backwards to line up the dots, even just a little bit, the slack can come off of the timing belt and give you false readings.
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staticsan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Thanks. |
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| bnoon wrote: |
Speaking of timing belt and engine rotation: Make sure to only go clock-wise when turning the engine by hand to check the line-up of the timing dots. If you go backwards to line up the dots, even just a little bit, the slack can come off of the timing belt and give you false readings. |
Um, that's kinda the reason I wanted to know, actually!
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