1uz Water Pump - appears fine? How to be sure?

[oldcorollas]

tighten in sequence, step by step
for cam caps, do in baby steps?
how hard can it be?

was it ed that broke a few UZ cams? was that in the post or when installing?

[CrUZida]

In the post from memory. I've had a couple of sets out, and never been worried about breaking them. As you said, baby steps and they'll come off easy enough.

Regarding the compression test, I gather you reinstalled the water pump, and put the timing belt back on with all the markings lined up before testing?

[Johnny stav]

Hey mate the original noise wouldve just been an idler bearing ! having a noisy idler bearing also points to cam seals not being replaced either plus front seal . When doing a timing belt change on any vehicle it is a must to do all the seals plus replace bearings and water pump if it is driven by the timing belt and in many cases also the tensioner . If you had a bent valve it wont just be in one cylinder ! you wouldve bent more than one . Have you compression tested all the cylinders ?