LeX2K

That looks good, plate is on correctly. Grab a couple of cans of brake cleaner and spray that area down the belt can't have any oil on it.

gamemylife

carb cleaner works?

Gerf

And turn the engine over a couple of times by hand when you get the pulley back on, it looks like the belt is not quite all the way on the tensioner pulley.

LeX2K

No, far too harsh it eats anything not metal.

Gerf

beork beork......

gamemylife

well ****. i cleaned it with parts/carb cleaner.

so i put it all together and now theres a little noise coming from the pulley area. both with and without the belt on

gamemylife

u think my timing belt is ****ed up now that i cleaned it with the carb cleaner? it sounds like timing belt noise kinda.

took it out and did some doughnuts and it drives perfectly fine, passed the durability test

LeX2K

Could be timing belt harmonics or possibly idler/tensioner bearing. I wouldn't clean rubber with carb cleaner, yes you could have buggered up the belt.

gamemylife

gamemylife

the noise isnt coming from idler so i guess its the timing belt. if i dont sell it its due for timing belt change anyways. 193k mi and last time the timing belt was done according to the sticker on there is at 70k miles