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New head gasket... Now it won't start


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So I just finished up the head gasket on my 98 legacy ob. I triple checked the timing. I'm sure I connected everything up. Now it will crank but it won't start. I can smell a strong smell of exhaust/gas out of the tailpipe.

I'm lost. I read on another forum that this happend to some guy but he bent a valve. Wouldn't I be able to hear that? The cams did slip once when i was doing the timing but i spun the crank around a few times after it was all tightened up to make sure i couldnt hear any metal on metal.

What else cold it be?

Thanks in advance

Edited by dm88
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It was the timing...I thought I did it all right but I can see how all that work fogged my mind. I'm glad it was that and not something I would have had to spend money on.

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