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Timing belt broke...what else?

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JayB98GST

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Aug 20, 2002
ok while I was driving at about 25 mph my timing belt B broke, the main timing belt is fine except that it might have jumped a tooth or two because the camshaft sprockets line up perfectly but the crankshaft sprocket and the oil pump sprocket are off a couple teeth. If I replace the broken belt and realign the main belt, would my car run or is it possible that I have bent valves or something?
 
If the main cam/crank belt only jumped a tooth you should be fine. I wouldn't worry about it. Don't start it, but does the car still run? If not you might have bent valves, but I guess it just depends on what happened. Best of luck!
 
Realign the T-Belt and do a quick compression test before you put everything back together. If any of the cylinders have zero compression then you bent valves.
 
What may have happened is when the balnce belt snapped, it took out the crank sensor with it, which would stop the car from starting. Test the crank sensor while you have everything out.
 
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