i put a timing belt on my 93 ls DA yesterday and now the car has no power. i looked and as far as i could see the timing marks looked like they were lined up with no. 1 at TDC but somethin has to be off. when i took the old belt off, the cam closest to the firewall turned about an 1/8 of a turn counterclockwise, as to relieve tension so i just tried to put the belt on and turn that cam at the the same time to get the marks lined up but when you try to accelerate it has no power. i had to drive it to work today and i gotta drive to school tonight and i dont wanna break anything so should i not do this? and how should i go about trying to fix this problem. thanks!!!

 

Did the old belt break? Did you check ignition timing?

 

na the old one wasn't broke but it was close, there were stress cracks in it from how old it was so i knew it needed one and i didnt bother checking timing im pretty much 100 percent sure its off. like i said idle is basically the same but when you go to take off it just barley has enough power to get through the gears

 

na ht eold one wasn't broke but it had stress cracks all over it so it was definatly time for a new one and i didnt check timing but im pretty much 100 percent sure its off cause it ran fine before i changed it. like i said idle is pretty much the same but when you go to take off it barely has enough power to make it through the gears.

 

It sounds like your cam timing is off a tooth. Go back and double check by turnigng over the bottom end by hand (lining up the marks). And see where your cams fall into place

 

- Move crankshaft to TDC with the mark on the pulley.

- Remove valve cover and look at the cam caps nearest the cam gears. There will be a hole in each cam cap and a hole in each camshaft. Insert a punch or screwdriver into the cam cap holes and into the camshafts. If the screwdriver/punch goes into the holes without a hitch, timing is good. If not, then proceed to next step.

- Remove the rubber plug in your timing belt cover which will expose the 14mm bolt that holds the timing belt tensioner.

- Loosen timing belt tensioner bolt.

- Tug on timing belt at the intake side until there is enough tension to remove belt from cams. While holding belt at desired tension, tighten tensioner while holding belt out.

- Remove belt from cams, insert screwdriver/punch into cam cap holes, then turn camshafts so that screwdriver/punch can be inserted into them.

- Put belt on.

- Loosen timing belt tensioner, turn engine counter-clockwise one full revolution, then tighten tensioner.

- Put everything else back on, drive down the street.

- Hit the streets and pick up some bitches.

 

dude that definately helped me fix that ****. it was off a tooth on the crank pulley, thanks for the help!!