Originally Posted by honda_luvr_2000

sounds like you didn't get the cam timing right when you put the new timing belt on. Did you use anything to lock the cams in place before you removed the old timing belt? I'd check the cam timing before you do anything else. The CR-V's are farely tricky to set. If we all had three hands they would be cake. In the top of both cams on the #1 cam caps there is a alignment/guide hole and a hole in the cams. Put two allens or screw drivers in there that are as close to the size of the holes as you have. That'll hold the cams in place close enough. Then when you going to put the belt on, take two 12mm wrenches, put one on each cam gear bolt and turn them (with allens/drivers still in alignment holes) slightly away from each other (intake clockwise, exhaust counter clockwise). Now hold both of those wrenches, while (with your third hand) put the timing belt on the cam gears (crank gear, tensioner, water pump, intake cam gear, exhasut cam gear) and set & lock down the tensioner. Now let go of the cam gears & remove the wrenches & allens/drivers. Rotate the engine 2 times (one full cam rotation) and double check your timing & tension. Should be good & slight slack in the belt between the cam gears is normal & ok, but too much will cause problems.

Originally Posted by honda_luvr_2000

I quoted & pasted this because it very well could apply. I know it's about a CR-V but it's the same cylinder head, timing belt, water pump, crank & gear (and oil pump while I'm naming same parts under those covers). A few questions...
Did you lock the cams before removing the old timing belt?
Did you rotate the crank twice (cams one full rotation) and recheck timing after the new belt?
If the answer to both is yes then you may want to check the timing anyway. If all you did was t-belt & water pump, no other things (plugs, wires, cap, rotor), and you didn't unplug and forget to plug back in anything, then there's really nothing else other than cam timing to check first.