Timing Belt Snapped

[bennjamin]

would any other contributing factors lead to this Ron ? The last install was cams right ? Has to be relative to it. Something too tight or too loose..

[dsp26]

just heard back from Joe.. cams/tensioner/water pump aren't seized... the timing belt stripped at the teeth at a section.

he won't be removing the head till friday so i won't find out till then but most likely cause was a bad timing belt batch coupled with dual valve springs

bad news is all 4 exhaust valves are gone as per your hunches... hopefully the cast pistons survived.

looks like the heads coming off either way.. may as well dump in flat faced exhaust valves at least and maybe the Toda belt...

dual valve springs were Toda A's though.. didn't think they were that much more seat pressure than ITR duals???


now i know what you guys are probably thinking.. i wasn't thrashing when it happened.... weird

[fatboyz39]

just heard back from Joe.. cams/tensioner/water pump aren't seized... the timing belt stripped at the teeth at a section.

Timing belt stripped at the section? Could it be either tension loose or tight?

Those cast piston should survive.

[dsp26]

^^^yeah i hope.. will find out more tomorrow when head comes off and i give it an inspection.

Officially over Honda and any boy racer car now.. just pulled out a loan to get it fixed properly...

gonna trade it up for an auto na subaru liberty.. that way no modding or spirited driving... last 4 cars including this has been a very bad bank account of mods.. coulda moved out by now...

[vinnY]

bad go ron, hope the damage isn't too major

boo auto liberty, scooby auto boxes are shocking in my experience
manual or go home

[Benson]

IMO, if it gonig to cost like 2k to fix, get yourself a B18c or B18c7 motor and whack it in. At least the resell valve is better than a b16a..

Just a thought

[IEVAQ8]

good luck with it all, but i had same prob in my da3 integra, cruzing at 60kms in 4or 5th gear and the belt just snapped, leaving me with bent exhuast valves............

unless the mottor is a free spinning motor (which u have discovered isnt), hence the bent valves.............its gonna be a costly fix.

good luck again.............dont let this dishearten you, get back out there...........

[dupac->]

good luck again.............dont let this dishearten you, get back out there...........

Hopefully this doesnt happen to me.. but if it did.. just an excuse to go harder on the setup.

its a never ending money pit a car will never be "complete"

[Limbo]

gezz really bad luck mate.
hope it works out for you.
Is the mechanic giving any warranty on any of the work?
or did you end up doing it by yourself?

[omgzilla]

Dam dude! Now you're making me rethink my priorities - i'll get my dizzy overhauled asap!

Bad luck mate. Sorry to hear.

[dupac->]

shan, like someone said earlier when ur dizzy is about to seize.. you will hear the sound way before then..

starts to get noisey much earlier prior to seizing.

so should be okay

[omgzilla]

Thanks Du.

Mine just seems to get a tad noisy on the occasional start-up but goes away after a minute. Do they usually get constantly noisy/louder before seizing?

Any more news Ron? Pistons ok?