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>>>>>I just redid the timing belt the other day and after I got all the belt
>>>>>back on the car started up fine for about 10 seconds. It then died and
>>>>>I couldn't get it to restart. I checked the plugs and found out that it
>>>>>was flooded. The next morning I took all the drive belts off (not the
>>>>>timing belt) and it started up fine and ran great. I then put all the
>>>>>drive belts back on and got the same thing as I got the night before. I
>>>>>checked my Altenator and Water pump and they both turned freely and
>>>>>they didn't have any problems with them before I did the timing belt so
>>>>>I'm thinking the timing might be too advanced. Any thoughts?
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>>>>> PS: It's the 1.8L 4 Cylinder engine
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>>>> When you say that you think the timing might be too advanced, do you
>>>> mean ignition timing? Why do you think the ignition timing is too
>>>> advanced?
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>>>> I would check to make sure the camshaft it timed to the crankshaft
>>>> correctly and not off by a notch or two.
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>>>> Ray O
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>>> Thank Ray, now my baby is running great again.
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>> You're welcome!
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>> What fixed the problem?
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>> Ray O
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> The camshaft wasn't timed to the crankshaft correctly. Sure made for some
> freaking weird symptoms though, I'd never heard of a car running w/o the
> drive belts, but not running with them before.
The most common reason for no-start or running poorly after a timing belt
replacement is mis-timing so that's where I always tell people to start
looking.
Glad to hear you're up and running again!
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Ray O
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