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At the 5:10 minute mark in that video he leverages a screwdriver against the idler pulley before tightening. I did not do this step. I only released the tensioner and tightened it under the pressure from the coil spring. Do we think that was what made the difference?

This is what the timing belt looked like before I put the timing cover back on and started it up. I had released the tensioner and turned the engine over several times by hand to check the timing marks.

No. While the camp and pump didn't move out of timing when I installed the timing belt, I did not lock them in place with a SST or other tool. This is the step from the FSM I don't think I followed correctly. The tensioner was released and tightened per the FSM but I did not put any...

I recently replaced the head on the 2LTE in my LJ78 with an updated 3L head and encountered a problem with tensioning the timing belt. I was working from the FSM and thought I had properly tensioned the belt, however, on start up things sounded bad. I tore back into it and took off the timing...

Thank you, Ralf and bj70bc. There is no coolant in the oil so I presumed it was all being burned in the cylinder. I understand that it is time to move forward with replacing the head. Could you explain how the potential air in the fuel complicates starting with the cracked head? If I replace the...

Mud hatred pic for everyone’s enjoyment.

My '91 Prado suddenly began having issues starting recently. Initially it required multiple long cranks but would start and run normally. Then it started needing really long cranking and produced lots of white smoke on start up but then would run normally. Now it won't start at all. The...