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Started Car With Engine Not Correctly Timed
So we changed ting belt in 2001 Civic LX a/t.....we were off time put everything back together and tried starting car ...car never started realized timing was off no compression I assumed I bent the Pistons or valves but haven't actually verified is there a chance if I just fix timg of car that it would be ok ar am I screwed
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Re: Timing belt question
You can try it. If they are bent they are bent. If not, which is POSSIBLE, it will be oK. You can always do a leak down test if you know how and have equipment to verify.
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Re: Started Car With Engine Not Correctly Timed
depends how far off,

if it only one tooth you might be okay, anything more then that is risky
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