Can someone please let me know what the direction of rotation is for the camshaft pulley on our 1.8 engines. Second i am trying to line the timing on the pulley to the mark on the valve cover. However it keeps wanting to go back to the spot that it was originally at. I noticed the cam chain tensioner at the rear of the head (the red colored guide holding contacting the chain lifts every time i try to align the marks. Is this normal or is something going wrong. I am on the last leg of getting my car back to running and am shooting for tonight. If anyone could give me any advice on these issues i would greatly apprectiate it.

Actually the guy that took redid the head for me left the camchain tensioner on it by accident. Is this a piece that i am supposed to take off? It looks like this piece.

http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/...viewimage.html

Is this whole assembly supposed to come off before i put the valve cover back on?

 

The engine always runs clockwise, the chain tensioner is bolted to the head under the valve cover of course. You have to line up the timing teeth on both cam gears 16 teeth apart.

 

beautiful. Thanks man. I am going to knock this b**** out so i can start driving her tomorrow finally (hopefully).