ok where to start? i had to replace the head gasket and water pump on my B18C1. finished putting everything back together and went to start it up and it ran VERY rough, so i took the timing belt back off and noticed the valve timing was off so i realigned the cams to their timing marks with the arrows pointing up and lined up the crank pulley on the middle red timing mark with the pointer on the timing belt cover. started it up and it ran alot smoother but its still rough, played with the ignition timing but it did nothing.

Heres whats wrong now:
1. engine stutters here and there
2. little bit of white smoke out of the tail pipe, might be from when head gasket blew
3. liquid spits out of the tail pipe when engine stutters
4. wont rev past 6k, as if it is in limp mode, (P72 OBD1 for the record)

im outta options on what to do any help would be greatly appretiated.

thanks

 

The red mark is for lining up the ignition timing, not the cam timing. That is your problem. Line them up again using the white mark and it should run better.

 

your my hero!!! lol but now with my luck listen to this i fixed the valve timing started it up and it ran perfect. so i went to take the valve cover back off so i could put the timing cover back on and fumbled a nut down into the timing cover and when i went to start it up to pull outta the shop i turned the key and heard CLANK and the car wont start!!! i thought i bent a valve!! but i remembered that nut i dropped and took the crank pully off and the lower timing cover and out fell the nut and a torn timing belt!!!! what luck...

 

I guess cars are something you should leave for someone else to work on.

 

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hahaha

 

That's the stuff I hate to admit doing. Points for sharing.