ok I'll try that, it seems odd that even at 7:00 that the piston is not up at top dead center. I found a place that might have some books on this motor. Hope they help. A friend was saying its alot like a chevy even though it's inline doesn't mean thats its on #1 TDC. !!! he was saying to line them up and rotate it around and see if when #1 AKA #4 comes up to then check if the rotor is pointing at it's correct tower on the dist
I think you are right with the 1:00 cam, 7:00 crank and use a straight edge to check centered on the shafts. Don't worry where the piston is. Then check where the cam lobes are when a piston is at TDC. Put the piston at TDC on the exhaust stroke and the lobes should be pushing both valves somewhat (valve overlap). Rock the piston forward and backward to see if the lobes are more or less centered and both valves are open the same amount at TDC exhaust stroke.
thank you for that bit of information, but I am getting more conconfused by the min. I get what your saying but I got some info from a couple of different sources and they are saying that the cam mark needs to be at 1 o'clock but that the crank mark needs to be opposite (like about 7:30 not 1:00) but in line with the center of the two shafts. But when I put it at those positions, the piston which would be #4 which is actually #1 in the firing order is not top dead center. It's about two and a half inches down in the hole. All other motors that I've ever worked on goes as follows: #1 top dead center, distributer rotor pointing at #1 tower with both cam lobes positioned away from lifters. When I took it apart I left the cam and chain together and when reassembling I put it back on the same way with distributer pointing to #1 tower and #1 cylinder at top dead center. Which put the cam and the crank marks at totally different places than what everybody else is saying. So, is there a top dead center on the #1 or, is it different in a peugeot motor? the motor is out of the fork lift so the transmission is out of the way. thanks for the help in advanced!!!
I found this info, copy and pasted it:
Hi, on the XN1P peugeot engine you want to line the camshaft mark just before the right hand side of the backing plate bolt ( at the 1 o'clock position). You want the backing plate bolt visible through the round cutout on the camshaft gear. The crankshaft gear is also set in line with the camshaft mark ( at the 1 o'clock position). I hope this helps.
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PS - To set the timing, you remove the tin plate on the top of the transmission and use the timing mark on the flywheel and the indicator. The #1 cylinder for timing is the one closest to the flywheel ( What would normally be #4) 15 degrees BTC for LPG.
did i post this in the wrong section or whats happening here??????
thanks for the reply little confused as to where to find the information I'm lokking for???
Peugeot XN engine was used in the 505, there is a couple of US spec XN engine's.