SilkyJohnson

I was driving my car to work and all of a sudden i felt power loss.. The car started slowing down. Pressing the gas did nothing car wasnt responding.. Pull over and tried to start that car and all it did was try to crank... I towed the car home and charged the battery since I thought that was the source of the problem.. even with the charged battery I still got nothing... my friends told me to check my timing.. and I found this


car has 176k I dont know how the previous owner maintenance the vehicle whats my options guys?

Former User

Does the fuel pump prime?

Is there bright white spark at all four plugs?

Any CEL codes?

fastfish13

Looks like belt tensioner pulleys broke or spring came off. Pull the head to make sure no valves are bent! If not put a new basket on and line it back up

fastfish13

Sorry gasket spell checks a bitch

SilkyJohnson

fuel pump primes

Spark plugs look normal no white

no CEL

fastfish13

From the pic you can tell all that! Check your belt tensioner pulley to see if its broke that's why your belts lose and your cam gears are way the f off. You just trying to crank it has probably bent some valves pull the head just to make sure you don't f up the bottom end too. Rather a 40 dollar fix than a 1000$

SilkyJohnson

thanks guys.... i think im just going to drop a b20 in it... cant afford to have my car down for too long... i'll do lsvtec when i have some extra cash

95EG2

judging by how those cam gears are position u jumped timing... the cam should both be positioned up where the up arrow is

hondafreak95

I have a friend that just had the same problem, definitely check the valves and tensioner if your gona keep the motor.

Blacknight117

iTrader: (1)

It`s the cam timing that`s off, you probably bent a few valves too. If you are going to swap it anyways, check the distributor cap for any cracks just to be safe, if your car just lost power it could be something that simple.