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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
put a box end wrench on the harmonic damper screw and see if you can turn the engine by hand.
Turn it slowly and only clockwise (from the perspective of looking at the front of the engine)
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Originally Posted by Urmyson
I put a socket on the crank pulley and I was able to turn it counter clockwise about maybe 2 turns and then it got tight. then I can go clockwise about the same before it gets really tight. I didn't want to put a lot of force into it because I don't know exactly what I'm doing though.
If the motor was locked up would it turn at all?
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*sigh* Never turn an engine backwards unless you know exactly how it affects it.
It's ok if it gets hard to turn in a springy way. That's normal. Just go slowly and let the cylinder pressure bleed down. You're looking to feel for a hard mechanical bind. If you feel that then you've already found what has broken. Not going to break it more. Not by hand.
If you can get 2 full rotations of the crankshaft then you have made it through a full rotation of the camshafts. You can consider it ok to turn over with the starter.