Hi.

I changed the headgasket on my sierra, and when I tried to drive it up our parkinglot it would bearly move. Had to rev it like hell and use the clutch plenty.

When I drove it to work, thinking it was just symptoms of cold plugs and cold engine, it held back and wouldn't rev. Could hardly come over 3500rpm, and when I came home the manifold and turbo glowed bright red.
It also pops and bangs when I use enginebrake

I have checked almost everything I can think of, but can the cam be 180degrees wrong, and even be perfect idle ?

It's a 2.0L Pinto is-engine




All help is highly welcome

 

timing is out.

 

Defo timing is out, way out, ignition timing that is.
tabetha

 

You've got a sausage, probably Walls as they're thicker, stuck in the tail pipe. A common probelm thats often over looked.

 

So should I turn the cam 180degrees, or turn the distributer ?

 

check all the timeing marks are in the right on the timing belt easy to get to if i rember rightly. and also get your self a timing light. but you shouldent have tutched the dissy doing the head gasket so more likley to be the belt side of things.

 

hi mate

have you checked the firing order

stu

 

Should be correct, but can be 180degrees wrong, someone told me. We took everything out to change it, cause it haven't got served in a long time

1342 right ?

 

Thank you all. I turned the cam 180 degrees around, and the car runs smoother than a baby's butt. Will have it adjusted and dynoed today