what is causing my car to stall while driving no power at all barely moves smell

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i just had my timing belt and watrpump replaced now it has no powr it barely moves and backfires. it smells of gas also. when ignition is turned of after driving car its mokes heavily and smells like wires burning? where do i start to try to figure out what is going on w it?

juliess4m in Toccoa GA

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Dec 14, 2014

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DJ-Qon Dec 27, 2014

Mine does almost the exact same thing. No power, barely moves, and backfires. However, I just bought mine and it wasn't running at all when I got it. Replaced the pin on the crankshaft pulley, it was bent causing it to not sit right, and it starts right up now. I think it sat for about 7-8 months though, and the gas is bad. It was just under a quarter tank and I filled the rest with new gas and a bottle of Heet. I can no longer work on my car due to health issues, but plan on taking it in for a full tune-up next week. I'm hoping that will fix the problem. Before they start any of that work, they'll first run a diagnostic and with luck will find the exact problem. Let me know if you find out anything, and I'll post what I find out next week. Good luck.

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CoolGreenAutoon Apr 6, 2016

If the timing belt was just done the timing may have been incorrectly set. These have a unique procedure for setting the timing and a hydraulic tensioner that must be set exactly correct. I have had many towed in where other shops have incorrectly set the timing.

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