Camshaft moved. Did I mess timing up?
I’m trying to change my timing belt on my 2015 Chevy Sonic 1.8 liter flex (h engine). Well, when the timing belt was exposed, I went to line up the crankshaft on the timing mark. I over turned it slightly so I did another 360 turn and lined it up correctly. The lock tool did not fit on the cam sprockets so I just used the plate lock but I noticed the exhaust cam was slightly not horizontal. I still put the plate in. I removed the belt but when I checked the timing marks on the sprockets, the exhaust cam seemed to be off by a tooth or two counter clockwise. I tried to move the exhaust cam (with plate lock removed) only using my torx clockwise. The belt was off but I felt resistance from the exhaust cam. It felt almost like the tensioner pulley would feel and the exhaust cam would return back to its slightly off position. Did I mess this up? Was I pushing a valve/bending it? No idea. I hope I didn’t mess this up. My question is 1) is it in an exhaust stroke after I rotated another 360 degrees? And 2) wth!, did I damage a valve or something by trying to move the exhaust cam? It could never properly line up (I know it’s supposed to be slightly under the intake cam mark) with the intake cam mark! Please tell me I don’t need to buy a new engine!
I’m trying to change my timing belt on my 2015 Chevy Sonic 1.8 liter flex (h engine). Well, when the timing belt was exposed, I went to line up the crankshaft on the timing mark. I over turned it slightly so I did another 360 turn and lined it up correctly. The lock tool did not fit on the cam sprockets so I just used the plate lock but I noticed the exhaust cam was slightly not horizontal. I still put the plate in. I removed the belt but when I checked the timing marks on the sprockets, the exhaust cam seemed to be off by a tooth or two counter clockwise. I tried to move the exhaust cam (with plate lock removed) only using my torx clockwise. The belt was off but I felt resistance from the exhaust cam. It felt almost like the tensioner pulley would feel and the exhaust cam would return back to its slightly off position. Did I mess this up? Was I pushing a valve/bending it? No idea. I hope I didn’t mess this up. My question is 1) is it in an exhaust stroke after I rotated another 360 degrees? And 2) wth!, did I damage a valve or something by trying to move the exhaust cam? It could never properly line up (I know it’s supposed to be slightly under the intake cam mark) with the intake cam mark! Please tell me I don’t need to buy a new engine!
