poor power

1995 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
140 MILES
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HATCH
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95 monte carlo 3.4,drove fine parked it week later went to start end rolled over hard and backfired,would not start rolled over like out of timing,installed timing belt,started right up high idle,then lowered but had poor throttle response,double checked timing off one tooth,re-timed started idled high then low still acted like miss,timing is right on,changed plugs,tried to restart wires are on right,the only way it will start is wide open throttle let off it dies but sounds like its running on three cylinders,good fuel pressure.
Jul 9, 2012 at 1:18 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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you may have valve damage from the timing belt.

do a compression test to verify.

Roy
Jul 9, 2012 at 1:24 AM
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Thats my next step if thats good do u think igniton module could be bad,the original belt looked fine but looked a tooth off thats why i changed it but at that is should have ran,it will fire up cold run better for a few seconds and then goes right back into poor would a valve do that?
Jul 9, 2012 at 1:43 AM
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yea it would, forget about the module till you check basics.

Roy
Jul 9, 2012 at 2:08 AM
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