Hi all, I have a 2001 Honda civic with 190K miles on it. I purchased it used at 165K two years ago. Timing belt was replaced at 150K by previous owner by a private mechanic. Now, last week, while driving, engine turned off suddenly. I didnt try to start it as I wanted to look at timing belt first. I got it towed to my home and opened the timing belt cover. Timing belt was ok but was loose. I took off crankshaft pulley etc and found that timing belt tensioner bolt was lose. I used time-sert to repair the threads in block. Timing was off when I tried to put everything back together. Since I only wanted to turn things counterclock wise, I turned both pulleys to bring them to timing marks. This involved some clockwise rotation of crankshaft to make room for counterclockwise turn of camshaft. Finally, I was able to put on timing belt and rotate engine two turns (counter clockwise) by hand. It didnt start when I tried to start it. Ofcourse my fear is bent valves and I am going to do a compression test. My question is that if it is possible to set the opposite timing (by having camshaft at marks and crankshaft at marks but at wrong turn). I thought that in that case, i wouldnt be able to rotate engine by hand but just wanted to confirm.