Valve Timing Verification
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove number one spark plug.
- Using a dial indicator, set number one cylinder to TDC on the compression stroke.
- Remove the access plug from the front timing belt cover.
- Check the timing marks on the camshaft sprockets, they should align with each other. See Fig 1.
| 1 - CAMSHAFT TIMING MARKS SHOULD LINE UP |