Can somebody please just tell me im being a paranoid retard!, im in the process of rebuilding my engine and EVERYTHING has to be spot on (being an ocd freak!) and ive been messing with the timing for 2 days now! I have the original workshop manual and various tech pages on hand so i have all the info, but i can never get the crank sprocket to line up fully with the grove in the oil pump, all 4 pulleys are spot on but the crank is about half a tooth out! No matter what i do! But im pretty sure its okay, because when i had the heads off Tdc was acctually just before the grove if i remember correctly! And the tensioner was giving me grief! But ive got it set to aprox 4mm so it should be all good? I wasent sure where to bolt it down, because they have bloody elongated bolt holes?! Wtf haha do i have the lever it in then tighten or let it fall then tighten!?..help! Pics...

the Marker Dots and Lines are for Ref use not exact timing points .. you need to refer to the belt Timing lines to get it right

But what about after youve turned the engine over they wont ever go back will they?

If u rotate the engine forth n back same revolutions yes

but once car started .. The lines on the belt will really never line bk up with the pulley markers

But what about after youve turned the engine over they wont ever go back will they?

 

The mechanical marks on the pullys and crank will though...As Mark has stated work to the belt lines and it will be right.