Timing belt pulley froze...

and chewed up the timing belt. FML. It's in the shop now. $311 in parts at O'Reilly Timing belt/pulley, cam belt/pulley, water pump, and seals. Then $375 labor at a friend's shop. While they're at it, replacing the other belts on the engine which I'd already bought. Needless to say, I wasn't expecting to spend this kind of coin on the car at the moment.

I'm posting to not only share my bullshhhhhh experience, but also ask if there's anything else I should get to working on at 112k miles before anything else breaks down on me?

 

[boosted_85]

make sure you do a leak down test to check your valves.

 

Ok. That's something they will do at the shop I believe, since they know it broke while driving. I just texted the owner to make sure. valves on a DOHC are kind of a pain to replace aren't they?

 

[Terry Posten]

If you had an internal collision, hope that it is only a valve or 8 and not a set of pistons as well. If you do have to have the head pulled, make sure you have them do a full head rebiuld with new guides.

 

[fuel]

looks like the tensioner or a bearing failed causing the belt to get loose and slip.

If you were driving or even had the engine running at the time I would say you would have bent valves too.

 

[moidsm1]

I agree, Anytime the belt slips this bad or rips you will most likeley have to rebuild the head at a minumum. Anytime you buy a car and want to use it as a daily driver you should have all the timing components replaced.

 

[fuel]

Am guessing at 112k miles it could be on its original belt/tensioner combo. I like to replace them every 10 years/100,000kms(62,500miles), whichever occurs first.

 

[rdomeck]

This sound very familiar. I recently purchased my car and got 385 miles on it when the bolt on the idler for the tension loosened up and jump time. It bent the valves. I ended up doing a complete rebuild just to make sure. If there is any chance that your engine has been over boosted you may want to throw a set of rings at it and check the bearings. I also found that one of the balance shaft bearings had came out of it's bore and was causing #3 main bearing to not have any oil pressure. I think what I had happen was out of the norm, but it's worth checking into!

 

[yeti]

that valve cover /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif

 

Was getting to that, it just messed up prior. ...And on the valve cover... I know, I've been trying to get it just running lately first. I've only put 2k on it since it's been running.

 

[yeti]

^^^

really ive only put about 600 MILES ON MINE since november and i drive it daily when shes not tempermental.

 

[DR1665]

Quoting yeti:
that valve cover /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif



Tell me about it. My guess was that whatever acid had been dripping onto the valve cover had finally made its way to the bottom of the block. Unfortunately, this is what happens when people don't spay or neuter their aliens. They breed in the wild, people hit them with their cars, and acid gets everywhere. It's a mess. Tsk, tsk.