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any damage with broken timing belt?


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When a timing belt breaks, none of the engine internals are harmed.

 

You may find however that the tensioner or idler bearings are seized and this caused your belt to snap. I suggest replacing all the bearings at the same time as both timing belts.

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If the car has 99,678 and the T-belts are factory from 1992. Will they just break for no reson? I'm afraid to really drive my car too much. Cuz if the belts break that will mess up the timing right?? Maybe i'm wrong?

 

rule of thumb is every 5 years or 70k or something like that, either way, your past it's service interval :-p you can visually inspect them while they are on the engine, if there are no frays and no visible cracks you'll be fine for a while

 

it wouldn't be bad though to start reading and learning about how to replace them and set the timing correctly, the usrm has a comprehensive guide.

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Well i have everything! From oil pump seal/o-ring cam cap seal/o-ring and both T-belts... But i'm waiting for my dad to get some motovation to help me! And winter coming and man i'm stressed!!

 

How can you check the belts while there in the engine??

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How can you check the belts while there in the engine??

Take a 10mm socket to the bolts holding the left and right belt covers on. I believe there's 4 in each. Do your best not to strip out the nut ends that are molded into the back covers.

 

Slide the covers off and you have a pretty good view.

 

You could probably do it without taking the fans out if you use a 1/4" drive or a wrench.

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