Timing Belt...now Wtf?

[shelly1snj]

okay 1st off let me thank everyone that has been helping out with my many issues.
okay here goes we got the timing belt on and it did start up right away and it sounded pretty normal and then we drove it around the block and it still sounded good, then the next day since my car is fixed i go and wash it in front of my house and i go to start it and it sounds beyond f'ed up....like it was on deathrow or something like it...it sounded like it was coughing and tryin to say bs all at the same time(some f'ed up sound if ya ask me) so i turn it off immediately. so bout an hour later i turn it over again and it starts right up no problemo....so WTF???
did i do something wrong or is there something else that is wrong...any suggestions and my check engine light is no longer on. and before the belt broke my car had NO sounds and now its kinda like humming.

[dragkia]

I read a few of your posts, and I'm surprised the mods didn't bug you for cross posting (trolling), as they seem to love doing that here. When you replaced the belt, did you replace the tensioner also? Tensioner pulley bearings often tend to go bad about as frequently as belts do. I have yet to ever do a timing belt on a Korean car without replacing every tensioner/idler/ water pump drive pullley, cuz its cheaper to do that when you already have it all apart. Plain fact, Korean car parts dont last near as long as Jap/German ones. Were there instructions for proper belt tensioner adjustment? A tightly adjusted timing belt will cause a whine. The running rough and then running fine sounds like a fuel delivery/pressure issue. Whats causing that issue can be a multitude of things, from intermittent sensors/wiring, to disconnected vacuum lines (one point you mentioned a hard brake pedal). Bad fuel pump can lead to the same thing. Did you miss anything when you put everything back together? I strongly suggest you take your vehicle to a good driveability shop and quit trying to do it all yourself. Any good shop will take the time to listen to your concerns, and repair accordingly. Sometimes that ends up being a more economical approach in the end. Keep driving/ starting it, and see if you can make the rough running thing happen more often, so you'll be able to show it to the shop. By then, if theyre any good, they should have your problem figured out within 2 hours of diagnostic time.

[shelly1snj]

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE....well its now the second day i drove it and come to find out the thermostat had to be replaced because the car wasnt overheating but the needle was going past the halfway point....and the noise went away after realizing that there wasnt enough coolant put back in the car after everything was put back together....so needless to say the car sounds great now and is actually running better than before it broke down for the first time since i've had it....so to all thank you and good luck if you ever go thru this....
as far as the fuel goes my fuel filter and fuel pump are on my to do list for this summer, however i will not even attempt this myself...those are definately jobs for a real mechanic to do.
IS THERE ANY CLEAR TAILLIGHTS FOR THIS CAR AND HEADLIGHTS???