Timing belt troubleshooting pathfinder

You must remove the timing belt and reset all positions carefully taking care to not bend valves when turning engine. It is already possible you may have bent valves

I have been trying to adjust my timing belt on my 94 camry. The timing is completely off so the car will not start. There are 2 indent marks and 2 spoke holes. The marks are 1 on the back cover and the other one is on the circle bit the belt goes around (sorry not good with car terms) and there and 2 spoke holes, one is see threw and the other is white. So having trouble working out what to line what with and do you line all of them the same. Please help. Thankyou.

If this is the same VG30E, 3.0L engine used in the Quest and Maxima, go to the Villager Quest site and look in the engine file. It's all there. the trick to getting the timing belt on, is to have a helper so you can slide the belt on all 3 gears at once.

groups.yahoo.com/villagerquest

On the Cam gear are three marks. On the face of the gear it should say "up", then you have three marks one at 3 o'clock one at 7 o'clock one at 9 o'clock. the one at 7 should align up with a mark on the block. Some have a raised semicircle and you line up the 7 o'clock mark on the cam with the far left hand end of that semicircle. Now on the crack end you have a mark at the 2 o'clock position and it lines up with a mark on the block. Do not turn the crank or the cam independent of one another, as the valves can be bent. Remove the spark plugs to ease turning the engine when needed. The engine will turn counterclockwise. Remove all necessary left hand front wheel, inner fender splash guard, covers, top engine mount. turn the engine until number 1 cyl. is at TDC compression stroke, and all timing marks align as noted. Remove the lower crankshaft bolt and pulley, and lower belt cover. Loosen tensioner bolt and push it out of your way and remove the belt. Put on the new timing belt in this order, crank sprocket, cam sprocket, water pump sprocket, tensioner. Belt must be tight on no tensioner side. Push the tensioner against the belt. Turn the engine 4 turns counterclockwise, until the timing marks realign, loosen the tensioner and turn the engine again 3 teeth, torque the tensioner to 30 flbs. reinstall all the mounts and covers. all should be good.

Click on the following direct Free Link. It has all the Timing Belt + Mark Diagrams you will need for your 1995 Nissan Pathfinder 3.0L SOHC V6.

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http://www.2carpros.com/car_repair_information/year/1995/make/nissan/model/pathfinder/1995_nissan_pathfinder_timing_belt_diagram_marks.htm

If you are going to do this yourself: Click on the following Link. It has very helpful information for your endeavors.
http://www.2carpros.com/car_repair_information/year/1995/make/nissan/model/pathfinder/1995_nissan_pathfinder_drive_belt_routing_diagram.htm

My apologies for the delayed response. I am going back and answering questions that were never answered.
Click on the following Link. It has all the Diagrams for the Timing Belt you will need.
Before Clicking, let me know if this helped.
Again my sincerest apologies...

http://www.2carpros.com/car_repair_information/year/1996/make/nissan/model/pathfinder/1996_nissan_pathfinder_timing_belt_diagram_marks.htm

Nissan Pathfinder engine timing is controlled by the Crank Shaft Angle Sensor, or in other words the distributor. which receives the signal from the ECU and the distributor receives its spark from the POWER TRANSISTOR, BASED ON THE CRANK ANGLE SENSOR **** POSITION. The distributor has 360 slits which measure the signal input at 180 degrees and 360 degrees.
The crank shaft pulley has timing marks in increments of 5 degress per mark. The correct timing for a 1988 V6 engine is 12 degrees BTDC (Before Top Dead Center) + or - 2 Degress (Strive for 12).
You can then attached the timing light to spark plug wire #1 and point the gun to the timing pointer. With each flash you should see the timing mark (Mark it with white out). If the timing mark does not line up you can loosen the distributor and move it so it lines up that is the damper mark with the pointer. EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT WHICHEVER WAY IS REQUIRED. It is imperative if you have manual tranny to ensure the engine is idling 850 rpms + or - 50, but strive for 850.
700 if Auto Tranny. + OR - 50
Don't forget to retighten the distributor.

just get a new timing belt the marks will be on it point the arrows toward the front of the truck and line the marks on the cams and crank with the lines on the belt there will be a dimple on the cams and crank those are the timing marks good luck

Here it is, hope this helps!

This is one of the most frusterating things to do because of the very limited space inside the engine, but you will have to remove the radiator the fan blade, all the hoses, the balancer, move the alternator, remove the timing belt cover and all the serpentine belts, remove the timing belt "MARK THE BELT WHERE IT ORIGINALY WAS OR YOU WILL MESS THE TIMING UP AND POSSIBLY THE ENGINE!!!", Remove water pump the reinstall new one, the assemble everything back together!! GOOD LUCK ITS A PAIN IN THE @$$!!!!