dinsuncity

hi i just did my timing belt and the car ran fine while i changed coolant but it is shaky now and the engine tight comes on right away. this is not good. can somebody help?

dinsuncity

does this have to do with my spark plugs or valve check problem?

dinsuncity

it also smells. i hope im not a tick off on the belt. i lined it up jsut right i thought

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

first thing to do is check the engine code and see what it says. if belt was off a tooth, car would run very rough or die. you may have accidentally damaged a sensor when you had everything apart, usually the tdc sensor.

dinsuncity

i have a code checker.... does the car store it so i dont have to start it up?

dinsuncity

p0301 cylinder 1 misfire detected

dinsuncity

HAHAHAHA THE EMOTIONAL SWINGS!!!!

noobie alert>>>>>> I didnt push the #1 coild adapter in all the way!!! car runs great!!! sleepless night is for nothing!!!

ty gearbox i wouldnt have found it so fast without your help man. now to take it around the block

dinsuncity

runs great!!

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

lol yeah i was relieved when you said misfire. which usually turns out to be spark plug related and not a big deal. i guess its too late, but yeah you can read codes with the car in ON position and engine OFF.

dinsuncity

ya my instinct was definately spark plug cuz the car idled for like 10 minutes while i did the coolant flush. its like when the printer doesnt work and you tear it apart to find out it was the usb cable being halfway plugged in lol.

i drove the car for like 30 minutes and it runs like new. there was even a chirping sound the last 50000 miles or so that would occur during acceleration at about 2500 rpm and last till about 2800 rpm. that sound has almost vanished. theres a hint of it here and there. like a rattle meets a chirp ya know? i think it was either drive belt related or tensioner pulley related. im not sure.

anyhow im so exhausted i went and bought 12 beers and i am doing nothing the rest of the day lol

04 Honda Civic

iTrader: (2)

lol there are bolts for the coil packs put them on!! Nice success on your job well done. You saved yourself a few hundred dollars. You should have done your alternator and ps belts while you had em off.

dinsuncity

thanks man i definately feel proud and i suprised alot of people.
lol i accually did bolt them on,, plug after that i had only halfway in.
ya i did the belts too. it was pretty cool how they tension from the top i really like that feature. made it very easy.

i think i saved like a 1000 dollars!
parts
- 12$ timing belt
- 100$ motor mount
- 50$ water pump
- 30$ valve cover gasket
- 4$ lug and stud
- 45$ brake pads the good ones!
- 2$ grease
- 5$ rtv glue
- 30$ coolant
- 20$ oil and filter
- 12$ spark plugs
- 3$ anti seize
- 25$ chilton book (get this noobs! vital. you can always cross check other peops info with it and understand what has leeway and what does not.)

so about 355$ in parts. about 200$ in tool investments. with no tools i imagine about 500$ would be needed.

855 dollar investment total to get this sort of job done from a starting point of having nothing. not bad. shop still would have been more with no tools to show for it.

the whole job took 30 hours that included-
-timing belt
-water pump
-broked lugnut (torque wrench from now on. this job was a biatch.)
-drive belts
-spark plugs
-valve adjustment
-new motor mount
-oil change
-coolant flush
-tire rotation
-brake pads (greased them up good on the backs too!)
-reading time
-auto parts store time
-asking questions
-cleanup
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