1990 Honda Accord. It has no power, engine stalls, but runs. Put in water Pump & Belt. Timing is on mark.?

Question

Timing is on mark but will not pick up speed to enter Roads or Hwy. When driving straight with no hills it will pick up speed at a slow pace, but not from a dead stop. I don't know if i need a motor or what ?

Answer 1

your description really sounds like you have a restricted exhaust or a catalytic converter that has melted down. Assuming that the car ran well after you did the timing belt and that the timing is right on the mark and this condition just started happening. If it was ok before you did the timing belt but not after then look at what changed.

a restricted exhaust will not evacuate the spent gas out of the exhaust and will force the air back up through the intake system. You usually hear a low throaty roar when this happens.

another possibility is a restricted fuel filter. you may have fuel pressure but not volume. It would also cause your condition. A restriction in the air filter could do the same, so check the air filter and the bellows--I've seen plastic bags get sucked into the intake bellows and cause this.

lastly, it could be that you got a bad tank of gas. I've actually seen people fill up their cars with diesel fuel and the same condition as yours occurs but that usually has a lot of smoke out of the back. However, junk gas would cause it with no smoke.

Again, if it was ok before the timing belt but not after then check your work for a massive vacuum leak or the like. If it happened independent of that, then check the exhaust, fuel filter, air intake and fuel quality.

hope that helps

Answer 2

Are the belts the right rigidity? have you ever caught your head under the hood on an identical time as the engine is working to come to a decision the place the noise is coming from? (Be very careful to no longer harm your self on an identical time as doing this.) If it rather is nevertheless a belt making the noise and it has the right quantity of rigidity, then get a bar of cleansing soap. on an identical time as the motor vehicle is on, word the cleansing soap to a pulley the squeaking belt is on. this would desire to do away with the noise. If it destroys your motor vehicle and kills you or your cat, i'm by no skill in charge...Do all of this at your very own possibility.