Camshaft and balance shaft timing marks

Here is a guide and the diagrams below so you can see how the job is done.

https://www.2carpros.com/diagrams/kia/optima/2004

Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.

It is to lengthy to copy and paste on here either rent a manual or buy one they are available here. However that is an interference engine so you probably bent some valves due to belt breaking. So you may as well pull cylinder head and check

Hey Craig,

You must do the usual disassemble of the engine front starting with the serpentine belt and the timing belt cover, and any accessories that must be removed to gain access. Then I have found these images for you to help you along, there are two belts so you must get them both, also check the oil seals on each of the camshafts and the crankshaft and replace them if they are leaking. Let me know if you have any problems.

The only thing I can think of is you are sturring up dirt in the tank that must be plugging the filter. Have you ever replaced the fuel filter?

Tony,
The only thing I can think of is dirt in the tank that is causing the problem. However, one would thing that would get moved around regardless of how much gas he gets. I never heard of this type of problem and like you said, there are no TSB's regarding it. I think I would start by checking the fuel pressure and replacing the fuel filter to see if that helps.

USER NOTE: There is a small solenoid valve around the intake that goes bad when this happens

Let me know what you find.

Hi there,

Timing marks for Kia 2.4L

Mark (mhpautos)

Believe it is a 2 to 1 ratio. If you had the car running and it was rough, chances are you were only a tooth off.

Installation
Install crankshaft sprocket "B" onto crankshaft. Ensure flange is properly positioned. Lightly oil outer surface of spacer, and then install spacer to right counterbalance shaft, with rounded edge of spacer inward.
Install right counterbalance shaft sprocket. Tighten flange bolt tightly by hand. Align timing marks on each sprocket and on front case. See Fig. 4 .
When installing timing belt "B", ensure there is no slack in tension side. Install tensioner "B" in center of pulley on left side of mounting bolt, and in pulley flange toward front of engine. See Fig. 5 . Align timing mark of right counterbalance shaft sprocket with timing mark on front case.
To tighten timing belt "B", lift tensioner "B" so tension side is pulled tight. Tighten bolt to secure tensioner "B". DO NOT turn shaft, or belt will be over-tightened.
Ensure timing marks are aligned. Ensure center of span on tension side of timing belt "B" can be depressed by hand. Ensure belt deflection is .20-.30" (5-7 mm).
Install crankshaft sprocket flange and sprocket. Ensure flange is mounted in proper direction, with chamfered side toward block. Install special washer and sprocket bolt to crankshaft. Tighten sprocket bolt to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
Insert long screwdriver through plug hole in left side of cylinder block to hold counterbalance shaft in position. Install oil pump sprocket, and tighten nut to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Install camshaft sprockets, and tighten bolts.
If auto tensioner rod is fully extended, place it in soft-jawed vise, and compress rod until hole in rod lines up with hole in auto tensioner housing. Insert stiff wire to hold rod in this position. Install auto tensioner, leaving wire in place.
CAUTION:If timing marks on camshaft sprockets do not line up properly, DO NOT rotate sprocket more than 2 teeth in either direction, or valve and piston will touch. If necessary, remove and reposition camshaft sprocket.

Install crankshaft sensor. Set timing marks of camshaft sprockets with notches on upper side of rocker cover and dowel pins straight up. Align crankshaft sprocket timing marks. Align oil pump sprocket timing marks.
Install timing belt in order around crankshaft sprocket, oil pump sprocket, idler pulley, exhaust camshaft sprocket, intake camshaft sprocket and tensioner pulley.
Gently raise tensioner pulley so belt will not sag, and then temporarily tighten center bolt. Ensure timing mark of each sprocket is still aligned. Remove wire from auto tensioner.
Rotate crankshaft 2 complete turns clockwise. Leave in this position for about 5 minutes. Measure auto tensioner protrusion "A" (distance between tensioner arm and auto tensioner body). Ensure auto tensioner protrusion is .22-.35" (6-9 mm). See Fig. 3 . Install timing belt lower cover and upper cover.
Fig. 4: Identifying Front Case Timing Marks
Courtesy of HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.

For you to have the timing out by 45 deg you could have been using the wrong mark? From your description of the time you took setting up, I do not think you did this? For you to have no compression on #1 it must have bent valves somehow? Bent valves would explain the non start ! After the intitial setting up of the belt you should have rotated the motor twice not once to get the marks realigned. Even so they would have been aligned ! Were you just replacing for a new belt? Or replacing a belt that had snapped?