So I was planning on putting off the timing belt and misc cooling system maintenance until this summer when I had some free time on my hands. Let me tell you right now, if you ever catch yourself thinking like me, DON'T!
My timing belt snapped last week while I was idling at a stoplight. 300 miles from home. I kid you not, it was an absolute nightmare. I got lucky and found someone who towed it all the way back to my door for $600 exactly, but I still have a car that won't drive.
Right now the car is sitting on stands and partially torn down to get to the timing belt since I can only work on it over the weekends.
My question is this: should I put a timing belt (and all the related parts) on it and see if it will crank? The belt went at idle so I was thinking there could a be chance that there's no damage (extremely unlikely I suppose, but possible). Or should I go ahead and pull the head now without even bothering with the belt first? If I find any damage, the head is going out the window since there are plenty of B25's in my local junkyards.
Thoughts?
My timing belt snapped last week while I was idling at a stoplight. 300 miles from home. I kid you not, it was an absolute nightmare. I got lucky and found someone who towed it all the way back to my door for $600 exactly, but I still have a car that won't drive.
Right now the car is sitting on stands and partially torn down to get to the timing belt since I can only work on it over the weekends.
My question is this: should I put a timing belt (and all the related parts) on it and see if it will crank? The belt went at idle so I was thinking there could a be chance that there's no damage (extremely unlikely I suppose, but possible). Or should I go ahead and pull the head now without even bothering with the belt first? If I find any damage, the head is going out the window since there are plenty of B25's in my local junkyards.
Thoughts?
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