Timing belt jumped
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:11 pm
Scratch me being able do anything fun w/ my car AGAIN anytime soon. Friday night on the way down to a friends shop, the timing belt jumped on the Legacy. Well, the 2.5 is an interference engine so the valves decided they wanted to get together and have a party. The car stopped exactly 37.9 miles south of Bellingham.
Pulled the timing cover off on Saturday morning. Turns out the belt has been walking off the pullies, slowly griding away on the back of the crank pulley. I have about one third to one half of a timing belt left. Hand testing, everything seems to be tight, without play. Theory is the tensioner is bad, but we'll see.
Soooo, I need to find some garage space up here where I can pull apart the engine and eval for damage (anyone have friends/relatives in bellingham that aren't using their garage?). Best case scenario is that it needs a valve job. Worst case the valves hit the pistons and the engine needs rebuilding. If that's the case, then I'll just put the 2.2L back together that originally came with this car.
Fuck.
Pulled the timing cover off on Saturday morning. Turns out the belt has been walking off the pullies, slowly griding away on the back of the crank pulley. I have about one third to one half of a timing belt left. Hand testing, everything seems to be tight, without play. Theory is the tensioner is bad, but we'll see.
Soooo, I need to find some garage space up here where I can pull apart the engine and eval for damage (anyone have friends/relatives in bellingham that aren't using their garage?). Best case scenario is that it needs a valve job. Worst case the valves hit the pistons and the engine needs rebuilding. If that's the case, then I'll just put the 2.2L back together that originally came with this car.
Fuck.
I feel your pain jason
