22r Head gasket help

[whitley987]

(1985 toyota)got everything installed and put back together today. went to go start the truck it would turn over but not start so i had a friend pull me up the road and it started and ran but ran really rough. i couldn't rev it from the carb at all, my header started glowing and the exhaust had alot more back pressure than it normally does. we marked the timing chain and cam gear and they got put back in the same spot. Any help would be appreciated. We think the timing is retarded, but I wasn't sure if being off 1 tooth could make it run this bad, we are also going to double check the distributor out tomorrow as well, so maybe both of those things put together could have made it act that way??? Thanks for the help!

 

[Cperry]

its out of time im coming to get that motor tommorrow or sat. I call you tommorrow, I can get it squared away for you.

 

[snappy]

Did you check the timing with a timeing light? Did you move the dis.?

 

[wheelNC94GC]

Did you check the timing with a timeing light? Did you move the dis.?

No we didn't check with a light but we made marks on everything and put everything back the way it came out...the only thing that I think could be off is the distributor...but could that make it run that bad?

 

[snappy]

Very much so.

 

[wheelNC94GC]

Alright thanks man, we will check that out first thing tomorrow, but also what do you think the deal is with the throttle? It wouldn't rev the engine at all even when we did open the butterfly valves, think this could be caused by the dist. being off as well??

 

[snappy]

Yeah the valves are closing off or opening at the wrong time due to being out of time.

 

[wheelNC94GC]

That would mean its a cam timing issue then, not a dist. issue right? Or do we have the best of both worlds going on?

 

[snappy]

It's late, your right. It would a spark timing issue with the dis. and yes it will make the header glow and not run when you open the butterflies.

 

[wheelNC94GC]

Awsome man thanks alot for the quick responses! We are going to check this out tomorrow and we'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[CTRaceWorx]

Sounds like you're off more than one tooth also...if its 1 it would run funny but wouldn't act that bad, at least on a efi it wouldnt.

 

[wheelNC94GC]

its got a carb but will that make a difference?

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

Ive seen the timing be that bad off from the distributor coming loose and rotating... the timing is waaay retarded...

 

[wheelNC94GC]

Distributor was a tooth off...Thanks guys!