Broken timing belt. FML

Timing belt broke in my 8g mid drive doing about 60mph. Unknowing what the problem was I prb cranked the motor a good 10 times since then. I'm pretty sure its the timing belt since the top cover was broken and the belt seems to be broken inside as well (although I am not 100% sure). What are the chances my valves are bent if so? Considering I'm a broke college student, I'm praying that its just the belt and nothing much more serious than that. Also, I found a place that'll replace it and the water pump for about $390. Decent price? Feel free to ask me anything that may be relevant or something i left out.

Thank you guys.

The only was to tell is to do a compression test. Is the belt still attached and spinning when you crank it? If you can't tell just open the oil cap and look for moving parts

Yeah when I crank it the belt is still spinning.

Sorry to hear. Mine broke about 4 months ago and there were valves damaged. had to get heads machined. All in all, it cost me $1,200 and I was just about to change the belt before this happened. I would have only payed half of that, at best >:(

Mitsubishi motors are mostly interference so getting away with needing just a belt is slim to none.

Slim to none is an under statement. Dude if you snaped the belt you defiantly bent valves end of story!

Yeah especially if you cranked it since then

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by OhNoItsFelix

Yeah when I crank it the belt is still spinning.

---

If the timing belt is still spinning it sounds like at worst it skipped some teeth and shreaded its self up a bit.

It probably took out the crankshaft sensor and plate. And if the sensor is damaged the car wont start without it.

Also make sure that the balance shaft belt is replaced at the same time the timing belt is.

As for bent valves it could be hit or miss. As long as the timing belt didnt completly snap.

I'm getting the creeps seeing all these snapped belt threads!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by oakrdrs187

I'm getting the creeps seeing all these snapped belt threads!

---

Dont be creaped ........half these broken belt stories are cars with 90,000+ miles on them with the orig. belt. They are to be replaced every 60,000.

Mines 210k and no idea when it was last done, and no money to do it, its pn my priority list as soon as the cash comes in for it. Got it with 200k from a body shop as lien sale.

When you were driving and your belt snapped, tell me what exactly happened. When i was driving, i first noticed my RPM shoot up to 3k then to 0k. Then my car turned off/died. And it would not start up again. My drive belt was just changed, as well as the battery. And the belt that runs the alternator looks fine. Is there any other thoughts? or am i screwed? Hopefuly not, my galant maybe a piece of shit -sorry for cursing- but i love that piece of shit.

If your belt snaps the car just dies! The acc belts have nothing to do with what happened here. Your best option is to swap in a junk yard motor but don't just throw it in and call it a day. Get a timing belt kit it comes with the belt and all the idler pulleys + the balance shaft belt, also get a new tensioner and water pump, after that a basic tune up wires plugs ect... It's going to cost a Lil bit of change.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by oakrdrs187

Mines 210k and no idea when it was last done, and no money to do it, its pn my priority list as soon as the cash comes in for it. Got it with 200k from a body shop as lien sale.

---

Its about $400.00 to have someone do it for you. Or it its possible to do it your self for less then $100.00. If you don't know when or if it has ever been done, I would get it done ASAP to be safe. Other wise if it dose snap your looking at about a grand for repairs.

It's more than 100 in parts

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by deeznutz

It's more than 100 in parts

---

Where did you get the parts from where it cost more then 100? I guess its what you buy but for around 50 you can get them.

When you do a timing belt the RIGHT way you have to change all corresponding idler pullys, balance shaft belt, timing belt tensioner and water pump! I don't know where you get your parts but I don't shop at auto zone and I would never use duracrap in my car!

Rockauto.com has the belt, auto tensioner, idler pully timing belt tensioner, balance shaft tensioner, balance and timing belt along with a water pump available for $148.

For me with shipping it was ~$165, they take 3-5 days, and it will be there within 3-5 days. Check them out

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by deeznutz

When you do a timing belt the RIGHT way you have to change all corresponding idler pullys, balance shaft belt, timing belt tensioner and water pump! I don't know where you get your parts but I don't shop at auto zone and I would never use duracrap in my car!

---

The $400.00 roughly that people pay a tech to do it is usually only the belts. Right and wrong way is up to who ever you ask. Changing the belt means changing the belt. The rest is precautions if there is nothing wrong with them while changing the belt.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 01blackG

The $400.00 roughly that people pay a tech to do it is usually only the belts. Right and wrong way is up to who ever you ask. Changing the belt means changing the belt. The rest is precautions if there is nothing wrong with them while changing the belt.

---

What he means, is that for the amount of work involved and for how far in you have to go to replace the water pump, you may as well do it "right" then and there.

I wouldn't call it wrong or right, smart YES!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 01blackG

The $400.00 roughly that people pay a tech to do it is usually only the belts. Right and wrong way is up to who ever you ask. Changing the belt means changing the belt. The rest is precautions if there is nothing wrong with them while changing the belt.

---

I paid about that for both belts and tensioner on my other G. I should have changed the water pump too though, for all that work, if your water pump goes bad most of that stuff gotta come right back out to change it so you should just go ahead and change that too, it's not always necessary (as my water pump still worked fine until I gave the car up) but it's a peace-of-mind type thing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by wetamup2k3g

it's a peace-of-mind type thing.

---

That's what I'm talkin bout!

Ask Keith what happens when you half ass a timing belt replacement!!! Nuff said!!! No pun intended Keith

Are you talking about the time he had a car meet in the middle of the freeway? Either to or from MOD.

It was accually the corona meet and yes that exactly what I'm talking about!

I remember seeing the pics, Corona meet! They were close together confused them.

Lol! All you guys needed some lawn chairs and ice chests!

yeap i was right my timing belt broke, and its 3 thousand to repair the valves and change the belt plus changing the water pump. So my car is being scrapped :((

Dont scrap it bro.

Go to Summit, IL to the pick n pull and find a motor. it's around 175ish for a motor.

if you do scrap it, I'd like to know what color the car is.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Space

yeap i was right my timing belt broke, and its 3 thousand to repair the valves and change the belt plus changing the water pump. So my car is being scrapped :((

---

3K wtf??


I'd Go with what Jigz said.

its not my car, my mom owns it. So its her money. and its a White 8g v6 3.0L, and i used to live in Oak Lawn and go to polish school in Summit lol
but im going to go over it with my mom because thats pretty cheap.

:3.5 Swap:

hopefully, i can keep riding my galant aka Victoria

I no longer own a Galant

alright, so i inspected the timing belt by removing the upper cover, and the belt looks okay on my '01 ES. still going to replace it, though(can't see the teeth, obviously), with the water pump- as the engine now has ~137,000 miles, and we bought the car with like 40,000 on the odometer.

my question, so i want to get this timing belt component\interference kit;

http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/ge...%2095232K3.jpg

DAYCO Part # 95232K3 on www.rockauto.com

and i assume that doesn't come with the timing belt tensioner, as the timing belt tensioner looks like this:

http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/ge...20-107-007.jpg

DORMAN Part # 420107 More Information About this Part {#MD308086}

so should i also replace the timing belt tensioner? and is the tensioner above the same as a hydraulic tensioner adjuster?

Had a belt snap on me last night on the freeway. Only 40k miles on the belt supposed to be good for 60k...

I've got an 03 2.4. My ballance shaft belt broke and destroyed the crank sensor and plate. I replace both belts the crank sensor and plate. Got it back together and it only runs on 2 cylinders. One coil hAs spark but the other one has no spark. I then replaced the bad coil with same results. Only one coil has spark.
I then went back and checked all my work and decided to replace the crankshaft position sensor with another new one.
Now neither coil has spark.
When only one coil had spark the engine would run, but only on 2 cylinders.
What can cause it to loose both coils?
Please help