 Broke my timing belt. |
 Jan 29, 2008 - 8:23 PM
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 Hey guys. After droping my sister off, I was at a yield sign and was rolling in 4th gear. Well I thought I was losing power because I was at mayb 10 mph and had no power so I dropped down to 3rd gear. Well it just kept losing power and died. At first I thought I ran it out of gas, but no because I had a little over the last line. I was close to a gas station any way. Well went to get gas and gased it up and tried to crank it over and no go. So how long can my car sit before I can change the belt out? O btw today we had a wind chill of -35 degrees.
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Jan 29, 2008 - 9:25 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 29, '07 From Hoyt Lakes, MN Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
WOW. I should've known better than that. The alternator belt is still good. Thanks a lot man. You had me running out side in -35 degrees.
-------------------- 98 Celica gt red- totaled deer
94 Celica st black DD (bad weather beater)- totaled deer 95 Celica gt silver- chassis sold 88 Celica All-Trac (Burned to a crisp) 94 Celica gt white (sold) In need of a rust free chassis!!!! |
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Jan 30, 2008 - 6:52 AM
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QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Jan 29, 2008 - 6:25 PM) [snapback]635866[/snapback] WOW. I should've known better than that. The alternator belt is still good. Thanks a lot man. You had me running out side in -35 degrees. the reason why i dont think its the timing belt is because if your belt snapped your car will shut off immediately. Like BOOM dead. when an alternator belt snaps you run on the battery until your battery dies. This will take a while as your battery drains and your computer and ignition system slowly fails, you feel loss of power. I had this happen to me and had to floor it in first gear to slowly crawl my way back to my house. easy way to check if your timing belt snapped is take off the distributor cap ( 3 scews) and crank the engine. If the rotor in there spins, then your belt is fine. If it doesnt not move then your timing belt has snapped. Your engine ground can also cause this problem. Check the thick cable that goes from your valve cover to the radiator support. If in, doubt hook a jumper cable to the engine and the ground. See if it starts? How does your car sound when you try to start it? Does it crank really fast or is it a slow unwilling crank? |
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bccentaur3 Broke my timing belt. Jan 29, 2008 - 8:23 PM
rjbibeau only way to tell if the belt broke is to take off ... Jan 29, 2008 - 8:27 PM bccentaur3 How would it be a spark or fuel related issue? My ... Jan 29, 2008 - 8:34 PM Hanyo doesn't sound like a broken timing belt. sound... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:12 PM bccentaur3 You're kidding right? I havent even checked th... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:20 PM Bitter could be a fuel pump that just went bad as well. Jan 29, 2008 - 9:36 PM Supersprynt Doesn't sound like a timing belt, your motor w... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:41 PM bccentaur3 hmmm. No horrible noise at all. I I peaked into th... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:43 PM hurley97 as far as I know a loss in power is not really a s... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:43 PM bccentaur3 How should I trouble shoot this guys? Its very har... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:43 PM hurley97 how many miles on the car? when was the timing bel... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:49 PM bccentaur3 208,xxx. I don't even know when the timing bel... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:55 PM Supersprynt If it broke you'd lose power immediately. And ... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:56 PM bccentaur3 See the thing is, I didn't here a noise at all... Jan 29, 2008 - 9:59 PM Supersprynt Well your saying a sudden loss of power and a slow... Jan 29, 2008 - 10:03 PM hurley97 QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Jan 29, 2008 - 9... Jan 29, 2008 - 10:04 PM bccentaur3 Well it all happened soo fast. I was in 4th notice... Jan 29, 2008 - 10:05 PM Supersprynt QUOTE(hurley97 @ Jan 29, 2008 - 10:0... Jan 29, 2008 - 10:11 PM
hurley97 QUOTE(Supersprynt @ Jan 29, 2008 - 10... Jan 30, 2008 - 7:04 AM
6G96GT QUOTE(Supersprynt @ Jan 29, 2008 - 10... Jan 30, 2008 - 4:25 PM blckcelica95 QUOTE(6G96GT @ Jan 30, 2008 - 9:25 P... Jan 30, 2008 - 5:43 PM bccentaur3 Would someone find out how for me? Jan 29, 2008 - 10:15 PM Supersprynt www.google.com Jan 29, 2008 - 10:21 PM lagos take off the timing belt cover and look. pretty si... Jan 29, 2008 - 10:46 PM bccentaur3 I'll that that after class tomorrow and I just... Jan 29, 2008 - 11:00 PM Special_K Same thing happened to me, it turned out to be a l... Jan 29, 2008 - 11:10 PM bccentaur3 I dont understand how a ground wire can go loose? ... Jan 29, 2008 - 11:31 PM Supersprynt Vibrations are enough. Lock-tite is your friend. Jan 29, 2008 - 11:48 PM DEATH QUOTE(Supersprynt @ Jan 29, 2008 - 10... Jan 30, 2008 - 9:16 AM bccentaur3 Well the car cranks, but won't turn over, sorr... Jan 30, 2008 - 11:42 AM Supersprynt Turn over is cranking...turning over isn't sta... Jan 30, 2008 - 11:43 AM bccentaur3 yeah, very stupid, but I'll check my timing be... Jan 30, 2008 - 11:48 AM 99GT -45 tonight in MN. Good luck man. Jan 30, 2008 - 11:51 AM rjbibeau that's what propane is for roasty toasty in my... Jan 30, 2008 - 12:31 PM bccentaur3 I live in Fridley.
I have work tonight so I won... Jan 30, 2008 - 3:08 PM presure2 it is very simple to tell if you have a snapped ti... Jan 30, 2008 - 5:49 PM hjmw QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Jan 29, 2008 - 8... Jan 30, 2008 - 5:59 PM trdproven From my experience, I've seen a car lose power... Jan 30, 2008 - 8:09 PM bccentaur3 Alternator and battery still good. Havent had time... Jan 30, 2008 - 8:26 PM bccentaur3 Update. I took the distributer cap off and cranked... Jan 31, 2008 - 1:21 PM bccentaur3 Okay so when I put the distributer cap back on and... Jan 31, 2008 - 1:48 PM bccentaur3 Come on guys, I need my car. Jan 31, 2008 - 2:23 PM DEATH Dude - it sounds like your battery is just dead an... Jan 31, 2008 - 2:41 PM Supersprynt Well first make sure you put the dizzy cap on corr... Jan 31, 2008 - 2:42 PM bccentaur3 WHile I was checking the timing belt, no I did not... Jan 31, 2008 - 2:54 PM nitrate Timing belt snapped eh?. You would know if that... Feb 8, 2008 - 1:52 PM 99Celica QUOTE(nitrate @ Feb 8, 2008 - 1:52 P... Feb 8, 2008 - 2:28 PM |
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