A buddy of mine put a timing belt in his '00 Si with 112k on it already.. he just got hte car and it doesnt seem to have been tuned or had the valves adjusted ever.. the car ran fine before but after puttin on the timin belt and new drive belts, the thing sounds like a diesel.. its havin trouble idling but the car revs out fine.. .. so he adjusted the timing and then got a few codes, something like: system too rich, manufacturer control auxiliary emissions (bank 1) and something else that made reference to bank 1.. tia for any help

 

well i would think thaty if it doesnt run good after the timing belt that he has something out of time

 

but would the car even run or rev out if it wasnt in properly?

 

yes

 

HE HAD TO OF PUT THE BELT ON WRONG ONE OR BOTH OF THE CAM GEARS MUST BE OFF TO TOOTH OR TWO. JUST CHANGING THE TIMING BELT WOULDN'T MAKE THE CAR RUN LIKE THAT IF IT WAS PUT ON PROPERLY

Sorry to say but do it again

 

word...............just take the cover off and double check the marks on the cams and the crank. theres a simple solution

 

would it have done any damage when he took it out for a test drive?

 

it would if he is making contact with valves to piston. you will hear a really loud ding

 

could it be he just needs a valve adjustment?

 

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just chack the marks if they ok then adjust the valves. you are the one asking for help people are giving you answers so take the advise and dont make excuses

 

umm i didnt know askin if he just needed a valve adjustment was makin excuses.. but ok .. why dont you try takin a breather there

 

Just having changed the belt and nothing else wouldn't make the car run like ****. He skipped a cog on one of the gears. Valve adjustment doesn't have anything to do with it right now. Is it a good idea to get one done? Sure. Is that's what's causing the problem right now? NO. I'll put money on it that he's off by a cog or two on one or both his cam gears.

 

Your buddy fucked up and put the belt on wrong!!! You sould tell your buddy don't work on his car if he doesn't know what he is doing before he realy ***** something up

 

He put the belt on wrong.

If he put it on right, it should run the same or even better (though unlikely) with the new belt.

He must not have had the cams in the exact positions and spun them at some point on accident. He's lucky he didn't crunch a valve yet.