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My car wont start. i just finished changing the belts and put it all back and it wont start.

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Old 12-10-2003, 02:07 PM
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Default My car wont start. i just finished changing the belts and put it all back and it wont start.

i was worried before that the timing belt had skipped a couple of teeth, but it looked like it was lined up correctly.
Now when i try to start the car, it turns over, but it wont start and i hear a clicking sound?
does anyone know whaty it is?
Do these sound like the symptoms of a slipping timing belt?
if it is slipping does that cause any damage?
Old 12-10-2003, 02:16 PM
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maybee your battery is bad
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nope..
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probably off a few notches, that will cause it not to engage
Old 12-10-2003, 02:27 PM
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damn... would it cause the clicking noise too? How would i fix it if its off by a couple of notches?
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Default i dont know about the clicking noise...

I dont see any way to fix it besides taking it all off again and lining up the teeth how they were originally, did you mark a spot on each side?
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no, but doesnt it already have notches in it where its supposed to be ligned up
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you might have to get a tdc tool top dead center
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yeah, i seem to remeber a little '>' on the sprocket, did those line up at the end?
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is it a bad ticking like valves hitting pistons?


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