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T-belt not looking to good help!

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4G63Trevor

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Mar 18, 2004
Kelowna,
i was doing some spirited driving last night, and once i slowed down, i noticed that my car sounded different. Sounded like HUGE lifter tick. i thought maybe it was low on oil so i babied it home and was gonna check in the morning. i checked it and it seemed a lil low, so i topped it up and it still had that sound. i popped off the T-belt cover to discover this

pic 1

pic 2

:shock: doesn't look good. Notice the cams aren't lined up, and teh outer edge of the T-Belt is all chewd up. can having the intake cam off by one tooth really make that much difference? or has it slipped on the crank possibly?

here are some vids, i tried to capture the sound. (excuse the squeaking in the first vid LOL)


vid 1


vid 2

Any comments are welcome,

thanx
 
Yeah... it doesn't look to good... you should do a replacement ASAP, and try to line everything back again, if you keep driving like this, some piece of the "chewed-up" belt can jam everything up and cause even more damage...if you can't do a timing belt replacement now, at least try to stop driving her.

Dont forget to replace the lower Blanace shaft belt, and your other pulleys.
 
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