Changed my timing belt today and...

**Sick_Boy** · 01-17-2009 09:32 PM

it started up fine and runs great. but the idle is kinda ruff. the timing was lined up perfect i made sure of that. i did put in a snub mount (witch makes my car feel so much better while driving it, i love it) and i knew it would be a little more shaky at idle but not like this. its almost feel like i gave it bad gas. and its not bad gas i use bp 93 and i filled up not even a week ago. any other thoughts guys or is it just the snub making it do that?

**speedydragon** · 01-17-2009 10:09 PM

did you install it backwards? also which snub mount did you go with?

**Sick_Boy** · 01-17-2009 10:18 PM

its a apr, and im pretty sure i got it in right

**speedydragon** · 01-17-2009 11:11 PM

Quite a few members installed their apr snub backwards, you may want to search on that if you have the time. The incorrect isntallation eventually ripped the snub iirc.

**Poopie** · 01-17-2009 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Sick_Boy

it started up fine and runs great. but the idle is kinda ruff. the timing was lined up perfect i made sure of that. i did put in a snub mount (witch makes my car feel so much better while driving it, i love it) and i knew it would be a little more shaky at idle but not like this. its almost feel like i gave it bad gas. and its not bad gas i use bp 93 and i filled up not even a week ago. any other thoughts guys or is it just the snub making it do that?

if its that bad, maybe its the harmonic balancer.

**NyteEscape** · 01-17-2009 11:53 PM

did u make sure u aligned the snub mount? my car shook a lot at idle before i aligned it.

**Sick_Boy** · 01-18-2009 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by NyteEscape

did u make sure u aligned the snub mount? my car shook a lot at idle before i aligned it.

how do you align a snub mount doesnt it just sit where it sits? and the way i installed it was the rounded end was going into the basket and when the mount was set into the grove on the stem coming off the intercooler piping it almost went back all the way to the metal. hell it looked right to me haha

**NyteEscape** · 01-18-2009 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Sick_Boy

how do you align a snub mount doesnt it just sit where it sits?

undo the bolts that hold the bracket on, but don't take them out. leave them in, but the bracket should be loose. turn the car on. let it idle for a couple minutes. tighten the bracket w/o moving it.

should be set.

**njm23** · 01-18-2009 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by NyteEscape

undo the bolts that hold the bracket on, but don't take them out. leave them in, but the bracket should be loose. turn the car on. let it idle for a couple minutes. tighten the bracket w/o moving it.

should be set.

X2, you need to do this. Real easy too. I do that for just about every after market upgraded mount I put in.