Timing belt right hand CAM marks not lining up

Tiny
DMG4UV
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  • 2004 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
  • 158 MILES
Seven months ago, I crank up my car and it was making that flapping clanking noise like when a timing belt tension-er is loose (knew that from experience with another car). I instantly turned it off and left it alone until I started the break down a few months ago.

Despite my intuition, I started the diagnosis by looking at the pulleys( took off wheel, serpentine tension-er, serpentine belt, etc. It was super cold so I put everything back and the car would not crank. A couple of weeks ago, I went back to diagnosis mode and checked all the start-up issue points.

Finally, I checked under the top cover of of the timing belt: it looked fine(no slack). I decided to just take everything off to get to the bottom cover. Unfortunately when, I pulled the crank pulley the crankshaft sprocket came out too. It was at this point that I discovered that the bolt on the tension-er arm was broken. I then easy-outed the bolt, ordered the new bolt, pressed the tension-er pin back in, put belt back and bolted everything up.

I then, pulled all the plugs turned the crank to TDC (belt on): it was literally less than 10°off. Here is the problem, the left hand cams (flywheel intake and exhaust) are at TDC, but the fight hand cams are off: one by like 10° and one by 15°. I have checked, and piston one and four are at TDC. I even took the belt off and loosened the right hand cam caps and tried manually turning them: scared to force them.

I do not know what to do at this point. Could the marks be off? Is their a way to check if the last mechanic just marked them wrong? Did I do something wrong? Please help!
Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 11:56 AM

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Tiny
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Well after you get the belt on right check your compression to see if any valves bent. However, we need to know which engine you have to give you any diagnosis.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 2:24 PM
Tiny
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Sorry. It is a 3.5.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 2:28 PM
Tiny
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If this was off or off time make sure to check compression as this is an interference engine and will bend valves. See pictures.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 2:55 PM
Tiny
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Thank you! I will do a compression test.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 3:02 PM
Tiny
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If cams are out of time compression test will be low on a lot of cylinders. Cams must be in time to do a correct test.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017 AT 4:14 PM

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