I'm in the midst of changing out the timing belt on my '05, since I started to hear some ominous rattling coming from the front of the engine lately. Tried to find the pics from the original (and very helpful) writeup on the archive page to no avail. Very unfortunate if they're lost. Is there any way they can be recovered?

My Aveo runs fine except it "lopes" during idle. I've suspected it was because whoever replaced the timing belt last didn't line up the marks properly. So I've got the covers off and I think my suspicions are confirmed. Looks like they're both off by a tooth. When I put the new belt on, I'll rotate the camshafts so the marks are directly opposite each other and as close as possible - 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Is there anything else I should do?

The crankshaft timing mark lined up with the notch on the inner cover: (Sorry it's sideways.)

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Camshaft marks. These should be directly opposite each other in the 3 o'clock/9 o'clock position, correct?

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