OK, I just finished my timing belt, and I'm a little frustrated to say the least. Just got everything back together and installed, and now my engine is really bogged down. Engine Idle is about 500. There was no coolant in the engine, but I only let it run for about 30 seconds. I turned it on, and it sounded EXACTLY like a post that I had searched about the timing belt being a tooth off (except for the smoke). However, I don't see how this is possible, as I counted 40 teeth inbetween the marks on the cam gears, and 43 teeth inbetween the drivers side cam gear mark and the crank shaft timing gear mark (which is what it is supposed to be, correct?). Anyways, so now I'm lost. Could the coolant not being in the engine be a result of the smoke, even though I didn't run the car for long? I had just plugged the fuel pressure plug (in the hatch) back together before I started. Does fuel pressure take a long time to get back to normal, and thus be the cause of my low bogged down engine idle (also weird sound when I revved the engine).
I don't understand how I could be off a tooth... I'm maybe thinking my engine is smoking because the timing belt is rubbing against something perhaps. I don't know. I'm not starting it again until I get some feedback on the subject. Thanks.
~es3
I don't understand how I could be off a tooth... I'm maybe thinking my engine is smoking because the timing belt is rubbing against something perhaps. I don't know. I'm not starting it again until I get some feedback on the subject. Thanks.
~es3
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