jlchoitz Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Long story short, my 2007 Edge is out of time. The engine is not damaged. I have been unable to find a timing procedure thus far. My water pump was leaking, while I was turning over the engine to align the timing marks before locking the cams, the water pump broke allowing the chain to jump and get things out of time. I dont think its by much, but I need to get it back in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 It is my understanding that there aren't the usual timing marks on the gears so a special tool (that costs around $900) is needed to time the cams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlchoitz Posted July 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 I hope thats not the case. I dont think the cams jumped, I think it was just the crank. I not positive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 It doesn't matter if it's just the crank or the cams - timing involves synchronizing the position of them together. From photos I've seen and articles I've read, the crank gear will have the key at the 11:00 position when at TDC of cylinder #1 but there doesn't appear to be an equivalent manual position guide for the cam gears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlchoitz Posted October 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Timing is actually a snap, there are marks on both the cam and crankshaft gears. Then all you have to do is line them up with the marks on the timing chain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Have you actually done this on this particular vehicle or are you referring to normal practice? On most engines, lining them up is a simple process but the Ford manual specifies that is not the case with your vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlchoitz Posted October 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 I did it on our Edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Interesting. That's good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlchoitz Posted October 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Everything I read said its very difficult and requires special tools. I called a friend that works on these, and he said I was over complicating it. I was actually surprised as to how simple it was to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlchoitz Posted October 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Everything I read said its very difficult and requires special tools. I called a friend that works on these, and he said I was over complicating it. I was actually surprised as to how simple it was to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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