TIMING BELT PROBLEM helpppppppppp……!!!!!!

[kris james]

my timing belt has worn away so i removed it by cutting it and carrying it by the auto store to get a new belt before they closed today.
now the problem that i am having is, i don’t know how to remove the main pulley on the engine block so that i can mount up back the new belt. and i made a few turns with a spanner, so im guessing that the engine is out of timing by now :/
how can i properly time back the engine to save my engine?

i have a daewoo cielo 1997 gl

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[Walter Cheryba]

Wow! Well the first thing you need to find out is if your engine is an interference engine or not. if it is not that is a good thing at the point you are at. If it is an interference engine then things change a good bit at the point you are at. Assuming it is an interference engine the question is how many revolutions did you turn the engine with your spanner? If you turned it at least one complete revolution there is a chance that you have bent some of the valves in the cylinder head.

Let’s back up a bit though. You said your belt was “worn away” so my question is did the engine stop running all of a sudden on its own or did you discover the “worn away” as part of a routine inspection of the belt? These circumstances will have a bearing on where you are at and how best to proceed.

Found this on google maybe it’ll help you.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=1997%20daewoo%20cielo%20engine%20manual&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobookee.net%2Fdaewoo-cielo-workshop-manual%2F&ei=mGXfUf7zMtix4APHsYGQAg&usg=AFQjCNEHBScMtjVgWWLU2qP_wQCNjXL_gQ

[kris james]

thank you very much for your reply sir.
i made a few revolutions :sick:
and i ran into this timing belt situation when diagnosing a problem.
i started the car as usual, then reversed into a driveway to turn and when i put it in drive the car automatically cut off and the engine light was flashing.
i checked all sorts of things and found the problem to be the timing belt. SO acutally the pulley made a good bit of revolutions on attempting to start (tumble) the car.

[Walter Cheryba]

OK-I did a little more research and found out that if your engine is a DOHC (double overhead camshaft) then it IS an interference engine and you have likely bent some valves. Your vehicle was also made with a SOHC (single overhead camshaft) engine but I was not able to find out if the SOHC is interference or not. Your parts store that sold you the belt should be able to tell you about the interference fact. There is a chance you dodge the bullet though. The least expensive way to find out is to go forward with the timing belt replacement, try to start it up and see what happens. the link I posted previously was for a free engine manual download. If it did not execute just go to Google and type in Daewoo Cielo engine and lots of listings will pop up. Good luck and let us know how you make out. Going to sleep now-it is 11:45PM here.

[kris james]

go through 2 days ago with this. thank you for all your replies and suggestions *sunset*
none of the valves were bent 😀
that’s a good thing. the new belt is lined up great and the engine is working fine once again.
🙂

[college man]

Thanks for the update and the fix.

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