Nissan Repair: nissan sentra 1992 model, crank pulley, nissan sentra


Question
Hi calvin I have blown my head gasket on my sentra twice I then took the head for skimming it came back working again so after bout 3000 kms the bottom raidiotor pipe burst so lost all water and blew it again I've put a new gasket and torqued the head at 60 nm + 90 dgs + 45 dgs as I understand the timing will be set on line nr 2 on crank pulley and 1st cam 90dgs and distrubitor cam on 45 dgs I did all this but have no compresion whatso ever plz help me I need the cat running urgent thanks Calvin

Answer
Hi Werner

Have you checked your timing belt? Perhaps it got thrown. Align the damper to TDC (Top Dead Center). Check the distributor rotor ensure it is pointing to the number one cylinder tower on the distributor cap.

Hope this helps -
aloha
calvin