I was at a stop light. As I turned left, my car just stopped. I replaced the battery, since it went dead. Later come to find out it was the timimg belt that broke. Now I'm being told to pray to see if it will turn on again with out any other damage. The dealership is charging about $1200 to fix belt but now I'm facing possible other carissues. Which ones?
Mr rodrigues, find out if you car is a non interferrence or interferrence one from the dealer. if its not then you should not worry about bent valves and check if your tensioner turns easely or is it seazed .if its seazed thats what could have made your cambelt to snap. the other thing is moving from stationary with a wrong gear puts strain on your cambelt as the is not enough power from the gear you sellected to propel the car forward.an engine without oil will also seaze out the belt as its the weakest component and still strong enoughto turn both crank and cam at the same time sincronously.
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If the belt broke you are facing bent valves in the cylinder head. If the vehicle is single over head cam.... bet on bent valves. If the vehicle is dual over head cam ... you may be ok. The dealership should be able to perform a cylinder leak down test to determine whether or not the there is a valve issue before disassembling anything.
Testimonial: "Well I was informed, no seals were leaking, but cylinder leak wasn't perform. Further stating, once timing belt is put on, dealership will know if there's a valve issue. Dealership mentioned, I do have a dual over head cam. I hate to pay $1200 for a non running vehicle. I don't know whether to take the risk. Thank You, your reply was helpful."
The 2.0 engines were interference engines. The 2.4 engines in them now aren't. He shouldn't have a problem. Also I have done 2.0 engine timing belts with no problem. I always asked what speed the were at when the belt broke. Very low speed, I would replace the belt. High speeds, I replaced the engine.
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