Cam recenter?

[S40Luckey]

After refreshing a new-to-me engine with only 42000 actual miles, I drove it around for a few thousand miles, and for most of that had code P0016. The car seemingly performed fine, so I waited till I had the time.

When i got the time, I set up the car to adjust the timing, set TDC etc, and because I had been working other cars recently, without thinking, immediately released the exhaust cam bolt which I audibly heard let go. I assumed it only went a little, so I then locked the cams with the fixture and crank tool, then set the timing.

The marks on the intake and crank line up, and I can rotate the engine without interference (I pulled the spark-plugs and it spins freely). I tried a brief attempt to start it but it spun FAST, so I know it's not right and there's low compression.

Is there a way to know if the cams are aligned? The exhaust cam is known to be mis-aligned (but which direction)? I was thinking that the only way to know would be to pull the valve cover and visually align them, then install the cover and lock the cams.

Help!?

Mark

[S40Luckey]

For those that may have wandered into this thread, I found the answer. I aligned the cams by setting the writing on the end (the part number) of the intake cam DOWN and the writing on the exhaust cam UP.

Then I set the timing as usual and everything was fine.

OH! and don't forget to reinstall the VVT cap! The car spewed almost 3 quarts of oil in a matter of seconds. It was a mess to clean up.

Mark