Help - Cambelt Orientation.........

[sherly 0]

Quick question as I'm halfway through the job........

 

I've just taken the cambelt off but didn't take note of the arrows on the belt.

 

Which way should they point? i.e what is the direction of engine rotation.

 

(8v 1.6 XU)

 

Cheers,

Mart

[sherly 0]

Found out now.

 

Google search! Probably should've known the answer anyhow

[Guest sibbers]

OK, for the sake of... er.... me! :D what was the answer?

 

(also for other searchers that come across this thread)

Edited January 20, 2006 by sibbers

[Guest Grand Monkey]

Arrows tend to follow rotation of the engine. Which is usually clockwise.

Edited January 20, 2006 by Grand Monkey

[sherly 0]

Arrows tend to follow rotation of the engine. Which is usually clockwise.

 

Yup - I probably should've mentioned that it was clockwise (when looking at cam pulley end of engine)

[Mattsav 1]

It doesn't make any difference as belts are uni-directional but its always nice to have them look right.

[Guest sibbers]

wouldn't the marking s be meaningless if they were the wrong way round? or is that only on cars with more than one cam?

[Guest rick03054]

It's so that if you re-use the same belt its going in the same direction as it was before. Probably something to do with forces and the strength of the belt and other such physics

 

Personally I'd get a new belt anyway unless it had been changed very recently.