timing belt jump/broke
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timing belt jump/broke
Well i jinxed myself by ordering the new timing belt kit, i ordered it three days ago and yesterday i decided i would take the neon for a little cruise to a picnic cause i was kinda missing driving it "dont tell my friends i said that" if they ask it is cause it does better on gas, anyway i start to drive the car and i think i hear something but with the loud exhaust i couldnt pin point it and it was driving fine so kept going, well i made it the shopette and went in and came back out and started it, as i was pulling out of the store i started hearing a repetative noise, well the park i was going to was right down the road so i start driving and it was running fine but right as i pulled into the parking lot i hear a noise like almost a flat tire noise but didnt feal like a flat tire and then all of a sudden i lose power and die right in the middle of the parking lot.
So i know these are interference motors so now im affraid i might have caused damage, i was only going about five MPH when this happened but i did try to crank it over about five times before i looked at the code it was throwing which was a p0016 or something like that, once i seen the code i didnt try cranking it or anything else after that i just called a tow truck and had it towed home, so now i need to know if there is anything else i should be looking for as for as damages this could of caused? i was going to do a compression test after i do the new timing and see if bent any valves but not sure what else to look for.
And if i did bend valves what should i do? go get a new head, rebuilt one, junk yard one or are they easy to fix myself?
So i know these are interference motors so now im affraid i might have caused damage, i was only going about five MPH when this happened but i did try to crank it over about five times before i looked at the code it was throwing which was a p0016 or something like that, once i seen the code i didnt try cranking it or anything else after that i just called a tow truck and had it towed home, so now i need to know if there is anything else i should be looking for as for as damages this could of caused? i was going to do a compression test after i do the new timing and see if bent any valves but not sure what else to look for.
And if i did bend valves what should i do? go get a new head, rebuilt one, junk yard one or are they easy to fix myself?
Last edited by chronoboy; 03-09-2012 at 12:54 PM.
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you might get lucky but the xtra cranks prob screwed the pooch. A low miles head will do on the cheap, if you can afford it shop around for a rebuilt one. Depends on the miles & how much you want to spend. I had mine rebuilt in a bad part of town for $100, but I did most of the work for them (removal, thorough cleaning, numbering valves w/springs)
Call around get some price quotes, if over $300 look at a junkyard motor with low miles and take the whole thing if you like not having car payments.
Call around get some price quotes, if over $300 look at a junkyard motor with low miles and take the whole thing if you like not having car payments.
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Mine blew going down the highway shifting into 3rd. Unfortunately, it was about $1500 worth of parts and labor. I bent 8 exhaust pins, broke the timing belt and water pump. I can't tell you all what was done to my car off the top of my head, but I was out of a vehicle for about two weeks.
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Chance you did not ruined valves
My timing belt on my 05 Dodge Neon jump time and stripped 15 key started panicking that I bent valves went ahead and put a new timing belt on it put it back in time and it's running like a champ so don't panic till you put on a new timing belt don't go through all that trouble of ripping your heads off and replacing the valves until you know for sure
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