Timing Belt Snapped.

[Madhatter]

I see many of these in your future.

[tonyloban]

if you replace the timing belt and water pump, the car wont run. until you change/fix the head. i've rebuilt many of these engines. in the 10 years of driving these cars, 0 of the heads with snapped timing belts could be fixed without taking off the head.
the amount of force your engine makes at just idle is would astonish you. it will bend more than a valve

Dang. Thanks for the info

[Cabriolet]

So unless I rebuild, there's no use in replacing the timing belt + other stuff like wp and therm?

if you replace the timing belt and water pump, the car wont run. until you change/fix the head. i've rebuilt many of these engines. in the 10 years of driving these cars, 0 of the heads with snapped timing belts could be fixed without taking off the head.
the amount of force your engine makes at just idle is would astonish you. it will bend more than a valve

[tonyloban]

100% sure bent valves and 90% sure you also damaged 2+ valve guides.

you will need to pull the head off and have it rebuilt or get a good used one and resurface it. either way you are out ~$500-2k depending on if you do the job or have a shop do it.

So unless I rebuild, there's no use in replacing the timing belt + other stuff like wp and therm?

[Cabriolet]

100% sure bent valves and 90% sure you also damaged 2+ valve guides.

you will need to pull the head off and have it rebuilt or get a good used one and resurface it. either way you are out ~$500-2k depending on if you do the job or have a shop do it.

[PumpdUpKicks]

How do I check the valves?

Removing valve cover and rocker arms

[tonyloban]

Bent/broken valves is pretty much every case of snapped timing belt. Compression test won't work with broken valves

How do I check the valves?

[Mr. Tasty]

So my belt snapped. I was rolling about 5mph when it snapped. Right before it happend, I was about to gas to speed up but as soon as I touched the gas, I heard a faint click and the car died instantly and wouldn't start after that.

I had someone come over and check it out and confirm that it's the timing belt because I don't know too much about working on cars. Learning as I'm going.

So, if there's a chance that nothing was broken besides the belt (is that even possible or am I indefinitely screwed?) how would I go about knowing? I'm ready to order a huge pack of a timing belt kit which I already had ordered but went on back order (lucky me).

I've heard compression test but I need to replace the timing belt for that. What else before that can I do to check before I waste my time changing a bunch of new parts.

Bent/broken valves is pretty much every case of snapped timing belt. Compression test won't work with broken valves

[tonyloban]

So my belt snapped. I was rolling about 5mph when it snapped. Right before it happend, I was about to gas to speed up but as soon as I touched the gas, I heard a faint click and the car died instantly and wouldn't start after that.

I had someone come over and check it out and confirm that it's the timing belt because I don't know too much about working on cars. Learning as I'm going.

So, if there's a chance that nothing was broken besides the belt (is that even possible or am I indefinitely screwed?) how would I go about knowing? I'm ready to order a huge pack of a timing belt kit which I already had ordered but went on back order (lucky me).

I've heard compression test but I need to replace the timing belt for that. What else before that can I do to check before I waste my time changing a bunch of new parts.