Sorry I haven't been on for a while, much house renovation work keeps me away currently. A question though if anyone feels inclined to answer:

I just fitted my second timing belt, and the timing tool supplied by autovaux again had vague cutouts marking where the cam sprocket knotches should be. Although I got the cam sprocket knotches within the timing tool cutouts on average, they seemed as if they were all grouped slightly inwards, as if the belt needed to be stretched. I could get them what I would consider to be exactly spaced by tensioning the belt to a greater degree than the 2-4mm guide on the tensioner pulley under the right bank would allow. Is this normal?

I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that it is more important to have the tensioner pulley indicator within limits, considering the cam sprocket knotch grouping would vary ever so slightly after each 720deg rotation of the crank and was always still in tolerance of the timing tool cutouts, and settled with this.

Am I right, or should I have applied more than the recommended tension to get it dead-on?

Cheers
Phil

Based on the quality of the tool you were using I think a sensible belt tension was your best bet. You really need to get a better tool on there to check it. If I still had one I'd lend you mine but I sold it....

Did the right thing IMO. :y