Broken Timing Belt...

[mhorn0817]

hey there, im new to the forums. just picked up a 04 galant with a believed broken timing belt (and im sure more damage) something bad happened to it while driving down the highway. been sitting for a year. the car is a 2004 galant,4 cyl

so what should i do, what should i check, if it is a snapped belt will i need to get a new head assembly or motor or what?

thanks in advance!!!

[keith6110]

hey there, im new to the forums. just picked up a 04 galant with a believed broken timing belt (and im sure more damage) something bad happened to it while driving down the highway. been sitting for a year. the car is a 2004 galant,4 cyl

so what should i do, what should i check, if it is a snapped belt will i need to get a new head assembly or motor or what?

thanks in advance!!!

Welcome to TGC! For starters, use the search button, there is a ton on broken timing belts.

The usual is bent valves and you're looking at a new head or at least new valves. At worst your pistons may be damaged, but when the heads are off, you can check that out for yourself.

Good luck!

[mhorn0817]

hmmmm...i did search around a little bit, didnt really find anything on broken timing belt. i only searched in the 9g section since thats the style i have. i kinda figure i would atleast need valves and probably just a new head assembly. hopefully i wont have to replace the whole motor.

[Gotti]

I work for Mitsu for 6 yrs. Probably one seen 1 car that has a bent vavle when the timing belt broke. Most of the time just replace the belt and the engine are fine.

[mhorn0817]

wow really...interesteding....even if it snapped while doing 65mpg down the highway?

[JLPix]

just happened to me. They're saying $3900 to have it sent to a machine shop to have it looked at...

[driver57]

Have a 1999 gallant 3.0 s.o.h.c. Water pump froze and fried the timing belt. Installed a new water pump,timing belt and accessory serpentine belts. Set crankshaft and camshafts to t.d.c.#1 piston.It started up but running rough then not at all.If it passes a compression test on all 6 cylinders would my next move be to check the crankshaft position sensor/crank angle sensor? That solved a past problem of mine when the engine would crank but had no spark.That is the current status now. If anyone has some positive or negative input to this I would deeply appreciate your knowledge or experience on this matter.