i was driving in to work this morning when my timing belt snapped. i get all the parts and got it back together again. it is now feeling sluggish. would the car run 180 degrees out of timing?

i only ask because the cam sprocket seemed to be on upside down. the distrib was pointing to the #1 cylinder (forward and down a little), the pointer for the back cover was pointing up, this leads me to belive the sprocket is on upside down. I turned the crank so that the #1 Cyl was at TDC. then assembled.

now when you come from a stop and accelerate, it feels very sluggish.

i have not tore it down again yet. i am thinking i may be a tooth off on the belt, but i am unsure at this point.

any advise?

 

+1 on a tooth off.. Shouldn't run 180 out.

 

^ that is what i am thinking. i will tear it back down again tomorrow.

 

Any luck?

 

yeah, it was all screwed up. first off, i thought the #4 cyl was the #1 cyl, so that is what i set the distro to and the TDC, however i did not even check to see if it was on the compression or exhaust stroke.

i pulled it in the garage and worked on it. a lot easier at home with the air tools, it went pretty quick.

got TDC on the #1 cylinder, if you cant tell whether its the comp or exhaust stroke, cut a finger off the rubber glove. put it over spark plug hole and wait until it starts to inflate. then you know you are good. lined up the top end, and assembled. made sure timing was spot on this time.

had it running in a couple hours. i dont know what i was thinking the other day when i put it together.