I've searched around for timing belt issues. I seem to get the breadth of whats going on, but I have a more specific question.

I know my timing belt is too right, and that I need to loosen it. However, the tensioner is already completely loose. And even still the timing belt was nearly impossible to get on. Even after I got it on there I knew something wasn't right. I'm beginning to think I may just have the wrong timing belt. The engine does have a slighly larger headgasket, but it's not by much. We're talking maybe half of a millimeter extra in width of it.

The engine is a B16A. Unfortuntely I don't know what year car the engine came out of. The water pump I bought for it came from a 1999 Civic Si and fit fine. The 1999 Civic Si timing belt however, only fit because of devine intervention and alot of patience.

Are there any differences in the timing belts between the years on these engines? Is there anything else that could account for the timing belt being so tight?

 

No one? I'm at a total loss here.