Balance chain

ENES

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2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
105,000 MILES

I have replaced the camshaft balance chain on my car. Where should the marks on the sprockets at the rear of the engine be facing?

Saturday, May 7th, 2011 AT 10:48 AM

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KHLOW2008

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Refer to diagram.

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Monday, May 9th, 2011 AT 1:55 PM

WRENCHTECH

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The previous picture appears to a a DOHC driven by a chain. Alldata does not show any option for a DOHC in that vehicle for that year but apparently Mitchell does. Since the poster is asking about a balance shaft chain and that picture seems to be a cam chain, there still seems to be some confusion on the issue.

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Monday, May 9th, 2011 AT 2:12 PM

NJOEHOW

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I recently replaced the head on my 2003 Hyundai 1.6 liter accent and I have DOHC I did align the marks on the camshaft sprockets with the camshaft chain, but I noticed when I manually turn the camshaft over 360 the marks on the sprockets are not aligned with the marks on the chains. Should the line back up? Being that I already aligned them, is this normal? This is confusing me, any advice will be appreciated.

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Sunday, March 10th, 2013 AT 3:29 AM

KHLOW2008

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The chain would not line up again until after many revolutions of the cam sprockets. If you reverse the crank turning back to initial, it would line up.

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Sunday, March 10th, 2013 AT 9:36 AM