Oh gawd, i feel sorry for you. I had mine go bad about a month ago on my GTZ 3.0
How i noticed mine was going out, was wehn i would first start the car there would be a loud ticking, like metal to metal sound. Then it would go away....like within 10 sec.
Then after about a week, it got to where i had to turn the car off and restart it until it stopped. Then just one day driving down the road the LOUD ticking came back and was contant. did not go away and it sounds like its coming form the top end. But i used a stethescope (<<spelling?) and it was coming from the timing belt cover...You will definetly know its out for sure out because it almost sounds like a knock in the motor.
Oh and get ready to be shocked by the price of that little thing....You can only get it from the dealer arond here where i live and it was $150
Hope i helped
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