ok i got oil on my timing belt and it skipped two teeth on the intake side. what damage did it do? the garage was driving it when it broke they fixed the timing though. now my car idles rough and wont hold a charge. any ideas what could have gone wrong? any ideas on damage?
-Kyle

 

does the car make good power or does it fell like it has a miss. i remember a car i had jumped timing and bent to intake valves. the car started and ran but it sounded like it had a miss at idle. that could cause the rough idle your getting.

 

so intake valves could be bent? it ran but not as much power and idle was bad it would alwasy jumped around and would sometimes die.

 

take the head off and get it checked.

 

most likely bent valves, although you could be lucky and nothing happened

 

is this a dohc b16a?

if so you probably bent your valves, b16a's are interferance motors, and 2 teeth is probably like 5 degrees advance wich is bad.

im guessing this is dohc since u said, intake side!

 

ya sry i forgot to say its a 1st gen b16a

 

Do a compression and leakdown test on the motor.. That will tell you if you bent any valves..

 

If you do a leakdown or compression test you're compression results might be a little silly if you don't fix the t-belt first. Once you fix it go ahead and test it. Good luck.

 

ok well since th car was in the mechanics hands when they broke it dont they have to fix it themselves? also they did set the belt back but that is it. so would they or wont they have to fix it free? anyone know?

 

well I'm sure they don't want to but if you find a good lawyer they might have to.... it all depends on what you signed when they gave the car back to you... all legal stuff... but I could be wrong...