Greetings again everyone. Doing quite a bit of work on the ol' Isuzu these last couple of weeks and am curious if I might have messed up while working on the timing belt this last weekend. I haven't finished yet and wanted to see if I might have messed up by doing the following. I had to put the crankshaft bolt back in to turn the engine to the correct alignment for the timing marks. One, if I moved it backwards by quarter or half turn instead of moving with the normal engine pattern, could I have caused an issue? Secondly, after I took the timing belt off, I went to take the crankshaft bolt off, but found it was stuck on there pretty good. Now this is with the belt of mind you. I inadvertantly turned it about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way counter-clockwise trying to remove the bolt. Could I have done any damage in this short amount of travel? Is there anyway to check easily or do I have to wait till I get everything back together and fire it up? One last question, is it normal at around 150k to have quite a bit of old oil and muck on the lower and bottom of the upper timing covers? It's also quite filthy on the lower components. I'm not sure if I might have a seal leak or if it might be the oil pump. Any guesses on a 3.2 SOHC? I'm going to clean it pretty thoroughly and check for leaks in a week or two. I am wiping down the heavy stuff but was thinking of trying to spray some Gunk engine cleaner to get the rest. Is that advisable in this area, or should I just stick to the ol' elbow grease and paper towels method? Thanks guys.
