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95' Toyota Corolla

I just redid the timing belt the other day and after I got all the belt back on the car started up fine for about 10 seconds. It then died and I couldn't get it to restart. I checked the plugs and found out that it was flooded. The next morning I took all the drive belts off (not the timing belt) and it started up fine and ran great. I then put all the drive belts back on and got the same thing as I got the night before. I checked my Altenator and Water pump and they both turned freely and they didn't have any problems with them before I did the timing belt so I'm thinking the timing might be too advanced. Any thoughts?

PS: It's the 1.8L 4 Cylinder engine

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When you say that you think the timing might be too advanced, do you mean ignition timing? Why do you think the ignition timing is too advanced?

I would check to make sure the camshaft it timed to the crankshaft correctly and not off by a notch or two.

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Ray O

Thank Ray, now my baby is running great again.

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You're welcome!

What fixed the problem?

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Ray O

The camshaft wasn't timed to the crankshaft correctly. Sure made for some freaking weird symptoms though, I'd never heard of a car running w/o the drive belts, but not running with them before.

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The most common reason for no-start or running poorly after a timing belt replacement is mis-timing so that's where I always tell people to start looking.

Glad to hear you're up and running again!

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Ray O

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