What does a air bypass valve does if it goes bad?

1991 TOYOTA CRESSIDA
211,000 MILES
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FARLOUGH
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The car not starting we change the spark plugs and wires distrubutor and cap and i dont know if the timing is off.
Apr 27, 2012 at 10:01 AM
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FIXITMR
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what happened to make you change parts? do you have spark and fuel pressure?
Apr 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM
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FARLOUGH
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On a twin cam engine should the exhaust cam alternate before the firing cam? And we took out the distributor to change a blown gasket and i think we threw the timing off if the timing is off will the car still crank up and come on ?
Apr 27, 2012 at 11:49 AM
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FIXITMR
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what gasket blew? did you mess with timing belt?
Apr 27, 2012 at 12:12 PM
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FARLOUGH
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no we did not mess with the belt i think it was a exhaust gasket could u put the distrubutor back in wrong and it would stop the car from coming on and throwing off the timing
Apr 27, 2012 at 12:19 PM
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FIXITMR
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yes it could. but usually it backfires/kicks back when this happens.
Apr 27, 2012 at 6:44 PM
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