2002 Mazda Protege car idles rough

2002 MAZDA PROTEGE
173,500 MILES • 2.0L • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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RELYK
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I bought my car a couple of weeks ago off kijiji and it had a big oil leak so I figured to replace the cam seal which required taking off the timing belt. So after I put everything back on and started driving it I noticed the timing belt slipped so I went back and realigned i but trouble starting and had a rough idle so I noticed the alternator belt was a little stretched out so I replaced that but nothing. So I tried cleaning the fuel injectors and the IAC it helped a little but it has a rough idle, and I forgot to mention there is a strong gasoline smell and oil is spitting out from the exhaust pipe.
Dec 6, 2015 at 2:14 PM
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HMAC300
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probably the timing belt has put cam out of time check for ablown head gasket or worse.
Dec 6, 2015 at 3:49 PM