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timing belt gone wrong

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562DSMGST

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Oct 10, 2012
Long Beach, California
i am going crazy , i changed the timing belt , made sure everything was on point, made sure the oil pump turned counter-clockwise to know it was correct now i turn on my car and it vibrates horribly , i keep reading and it keeps saying its that, so i uninstall and reinstall the timing belt, now it keeps doing the same thing, i also noticed one of my lines that went to my fuel pressure regulatro was of, now my vac is down to 8 psi , so i reconnect it , it still gives me low vac psi , top things off the afc unprogrammed itself, so excuse my language wtf should i do ? (other than tellng me to take it to a shop)
 
I couldnt add any more info other than making sure your cam shafts are both facing up.

could you add some pictures? we could tell you if you are in time or not.
 
Cams up will not tell you if it's in time. Those positions are relative to the crank.

I hope you didnt think I meant to look JUST for those marks and assume it right.

I meant to ensure everything is correct INCLUDING the marks because for some reason people have done everything "correct" but didnt notice the cam shafts where 180* out of time.
 
562dsmgst, as mentioned, you need to verify that all marks line up to the pointers on the front case and your cam gears are lined up with the dowels in the up position. If you are 3 or more teeth off from where you should be, you probably bent a couple of valves. I have done it as well as a lot of people on this site. If your marks all line up, then there is more to this then what has been said.
What was the reason for the belt change? Did the car run good before the tb change. Perhaps you should give a little more information.
We're just trying to help ya out.
 
so i removed the valve cover , and turned the camshafts to see how the valves responded they appear to be fine, now as far as the timing belt job, i took it to a shop, im hoping they could put this together , im really hoping the valves arent beant , im almost sure theyre not, hopefully tomorrow its ready by tomorrow i can find out if it was just the timing that was off that gave me that kind of compression that way it can help someone else in the future when they face the same issue

so i removed the valve cover , and turned the camshafts to see how the valves responded they appear to be fine, now as far as the timing belt job, i took it to a shop, im hoping they could put this together , im really hoping the valves arent beant , im almost sure theyre not, hopefully tomorrow its ready by tomorrow i can find out if it was just the timing that was off that gave me that kind of compression that way it can help someone else in the future when they face the same issue
 
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