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My car's not pulling!!!

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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 11:19 PM
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Default My car's not pulling!!!

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!!
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 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!!
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.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 05:06 AM
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Need to do a compression test first and report back!
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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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.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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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!
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Old May 13, 2013 | 01:38 PM
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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.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 02:08 PM
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Yea. That's the one.
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