SMTCapeCod

There seems to be an element of suspense hanging at the end of this quasi-epic thread...I hate that...

Cu++er

I already have a PKT in my 90GT, but today received two warnings 30 seconds apart that said 'Toothed Belt Service'. I cleared the alarm and immediately turned around and slowly headed home. It was 7 miles, & the alarm never went off again. The PKT is supposed to be auto-adjusting, so am I seeing an invalid alarm warning? My Timing Belt is coming up on the 30k miles mark.

I think it critical to tell you that this is by far the coldest morning of the season so far, so I question if that played some part on how the hydraulics of that PKT functioned.

I am hesitant to crank it back up, now that it is back home in the garage. I believe we will pull the front cover and inspect all, first.

Any input is by far welcome. I've never had this happen before, and worry about treading on thin ice...

Thx in advance!

PorKen

The light is stressful to see, but it doesn't have anything to do with the tension, in this case.

The sensor ground wire connection is loose, somewhere.



At first, I tried using the dipstick tube only as the ground, but it would loose contact with the block at high rpms.
Scared me too, when the light came on, even though I 'knew' there was no reason to be alarmed.
That's when I added the wire from the 6mm dipstick stud to the 8mm cover bolt.

Schocki

The false alarm is triggered by a grounding problem of the alarm wiring. It is inop when a PorKensioner is installed

Stromius

Blade fitting sometimes is loose. Try and pinch the female portion of the connector and reattach.

polecat702

Here's my 2 cents to add to this thread. I'm on my way home to Vegas, to do a complete TB/WP job. All new gears timing, crank, oil pump, and Ken's tensioner, plus whatever I need. As an aside I got the last set of Porsche, OEM timing gears in the U.S. I'll also be running one of Ed's waterpumps. We'll see how it does in the furnace heat of Las Vegas.

Anyone want to stop by my place, is more than welcome. Got plenty of booze, food, name you're poison.
I've got a lift too, so this should go well.