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Originally Posted by MR2SW22
according to the BGB that washer you speak of is refered to as a "timing belt guide", and i was shown a good pic of a side view of a 3s (thanks mopwer)and i see that "guide" on the water pump your talking about also, that's why im at a lost of words as to what could be the problem. i told the mechs here at my work about what's happening and they told me if that washer/timing guide piece is left off the belt can move. 3 toyota trained techs told me that, so naturally i take their opinon into consideration because they have WAY more experience than me  .
im willing to bet that the mech that did my work did screw something up, based on the shoty job he did as a whole. he didn't screw in a senor on the side of the head and it leaked oil for 2 months, i took it back and a new tech that "finished" my rebuild found the leak in minutes, fixed it then he told me that the guy that use to work there that started my rebuild wasn't a good mechanic, i was like  . they also over torqued 3 of 4 of my spark plugs, and 1 of the plugs was broke in half when i pulled it out, they were brand new NGK iruidium plugs and because it was broke, it was arching at high RPMS  . i don't trust 2 of the guys that work there, but the one that is working on the car now seems to have a brain in his head, and he's helpful and honest. i told him i wanted him to work on my car this time for that reason. |
That washer/guide should be installed to keep the timing belt from picking up dirt from outside the timing belt cover and it does generally keep the belt from walking off if the lower idler pulley is slightly worn, but it by itself should not cause the problem you describe. I fully understand your concerns about the folks who work on your car. That same concern is the reason I do all of the maintenance on my MR2 myself.