PoppaBear

I have a 98 Civic DX Hatch.
I just swapped my head gasket after it sitting in my drive way for a few weeks. I've been driving it all day, and after every stop, it won't want to drive unless I press all the way down on the peddle. It feels like its not torquing.

Someone help me out please!!

ej7attack

after a job like that it could be many things. check for vacuum leaks and check for compression. leak down test would be good. make sure your getting sufficient fuel. make sure everything is plugged in. how did everything look when you had it apart? let us know what you come up with.

speedjunkie_g35

Need to do a compression test first and report back!

jbpnoman

Your timing could be off as well. There are dozen things you could have done wrong. For starters, you need to check your timing, spark, and fuel.

PoppaBear

So I checked it out, and it was my timing. Crank pulley was the complete ooposite of tensioner. Tensioner line was up, pulley line was down. Was a quick fix. Thanks tho!

DumpdEJ6

Well, technically your tensioner pulley has nothing to do with timing, its the little pulley with a spring on it located in between your water pump pulley and the crank pulley. I'm guess what you actually meant is the camshaft pulley, which is the one at the very top of the engine.

PoppaBear

Yea. That's the one.