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you would have to replace the timing belt and
try the car. with the belt broken theres nothing
to move the cam. I don’t know if its a non interference
or interference motor? If the valves did get bent its
not the end of the world. pull the head and have it
fixed or find a used head.install the timing belt and get the engine compression test to see if any cylinder losses compression.
Yeah, do a compression and a leak down test. But first you’ll need a belt. If you are deciding whether or not to junk the car buy a cheap belt. If you plan on driving the car a lot more, get a good aftermarket or oem belt, cam/crank seals, and a water pump. Inspect the tensioner too.
You could do a leak down without the timing belt, but you’ll need one for the compression test. If the car runs fine there is probably no damage.
I know quite a few people that have gotten lucky with broken timing belts and the engine being okay. Make sure to change them every 100k miles or so.
I always handle that situation by first installing a new belt and pump and then I try and start it up, if it runs good it’s a win, if not the head needs to come off but either way you would need a new belt anyway so it’s not a big loss to just go ahead and put one on.
Well good news, put the new belt and WP (plus adjusted the rockers) put it back together and it runs like a champ. Eric your video on how to change the belt was playing an playing the whole time. thanks for a great video!!!
Glad to hear you’re running again and that the video helped, I love a happy ending. Thanks for keeping us up to date and for using the ETCG forum.
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