Hi, I assume you are trying to time the engine. You should be ok using the cam but be careful. The other way you could try is to put it in gear and jack one wheel off the ground and rotate the wheel and that will turn the engine. Assuming you have a manual gear box of course.

I would not rotate the engine via the cam shaft procket.

Why can you not use the bolt on the end of the crank shaft.

Regards Peter

The camshaft rotates at half crankshaft speed. If you try to turn the engine over by turning the camshaft you'll be exerting at least twice as much force via the cambelt as it would ordinarily experience. Do you want to risk it?

Why can't you reach the crank pulley retaining bolt/nut?

Jacking a wheel up to turn the engine will be easier in a higher gear, but will require greater movement of the wheel for relative engine movement and vice-versa.

yes it is completely covered, with a fort knox-esqe style cover, and the cover is build around the drivebelt, so i have to take it all off if thats how i was to do it, im just going to rotate the wheel it sounds alot easier. i havent got to turn it alot.

ill see how it goes now :)

With only one wheel off the ground the crank must turn if it really was in gear, did you try other gears. Regards Peter

You have to have a front wheel off the ground. If you do not know that then I do not think you should be playing around with changing the injector pump as this is going to end in tears. The car is front wheel drive not rear. Regards Peter

yes i agree, i have not once said i am competent at the job otherwise i wouldnt be posting up topics requireing help, which is what this forum is for, or have i got that wrong too,

i was meerly seeking clarity, and what a bigger problem then a completely non function car? imo thats about as big as the problem gets,

removing the belts for this job is not completely nessecary. i was seeking the method to do so,

i follwed instructions and the desired effect was not achieved, i was asking if there were instructions missing, or if i had done something wrong, none of which you have adressed in your above post,

to the others in this forum that are actually helpful i very much appreciate your help

If the crank does not turn when one front wheel is rotated with the car in gear and the other front wheel stationary, the transmission from engine crank to road wheel must be broken, unless you have wedged the clutch pedal down or the gear lever is not selecting a gear at all.

But I thought it did not run. Why are you taking the pump off. All very unclear. Regards Peter

ok so ill try and clarify the story,

was going down the road last week and went over a speed bump, less than 20mph, heard a grinding noise and the car cut out,

AA turned up and tested everything then said that fuel was not reaching the engine,

i checked the pump in the tank and it is fine, i assumed it would be the fuel pump in the engine bay.

i started to take the pump out, i.e. exhaust manifold, erg valve disconected pipes wires etc,

to take the fuel pump out i have to remove the injector pump sprocket, this is on the timing belt. before i removed it i wanted to align the camshaft and injector pump to lock them using the timing holes just to be safe, i could then bolt the spricket in place and remove the pump without displacing the timing belt,

i jacked the car up on one side the drivers side front and rear wheel are in the air, i then put it in fith gear and rotated the front wheel, the sprockets did not move, the timing belt remained stationary.

i tried it again in 3rd gear and again rotaated the wheel and again there was no movement,

is there anything else that needs clarifying?

ok, so put the car in first gear and could not generate the force needed to rotate the wheel,

put the car in third gear and marked 12 o clock on the wheel and fuel pump sprocket.

rotated the wheel 2 revoloutions and the fuel pump sprocket twitched but didnt move,

i checked the lift pump by removing it from the tank, there was nothing rattling inside and it is a manual pump that uses the suction from the injector pump i assume because there are no eletrical connections apart from the fuel gauge resistor connections, i.e 2 thin cables going into the pump which is for the resistance to be measured on the fuel sender then this reading goes to the fuel gague

oh dear, is it salvageable?