well, i got lucky. my car had been making some weird noises lately, so last week my dad and i took off the timing belt cover, and couldn't believe what we saw. the pics are insane, although not the best quality, it's a camera phone. so we take the cover off, and this is what we see..
this is the piece we pulled off the sprockets...
so here's what happened, there was a bolt that came loose, this is what it should look like...
but instead it we saw this...
that bolt came loose somehow, and got kicked up into the timing belt cover(in the corner)...
and here it is sticking out the other side...
so that bolt came loose, got kicked up into the cover, and rode on the belt, eventually shredding a huge chunk off. i'm glad i caught it in time, the belt was still intact, even though it was about half as wide as it should be. if that would have snapped, it wouldn't have been good, even though it's a non-interference motor. i can barely afford to fix it right now, i sure as hell wouldn't have been able to if i was driving and had to have it towed somewhere. but i did the belt with my dad so i got by kinda cheap. finished the timing belt last nite, and now it's runs great. just thought i'd share some crazy pics.
this is the piece we pulled off the sprockets...
so here's what happened, there was a bolt that came loose, this is what it should look like...
but instead it we saw this...
that bolt came loose somehow, and got kicked up into the timing belt cover(in the corner)...
and here it is sticking out the other side...
so that bolt came loose, got kicked up into the cover, and rode on the belt, eventually shredding a huge chunk off. i'm glad i caught it in time, the belt was still intact, even though it was about half as wide as it should be. if that would have snapped, it wouldn't have been good, even though it's a non-interference motor. i can barely afford to fix it right now, i sure as hell wouldn't have been able to if i was driving and had to have it towed somewhere. but i did the belt with my dad so i got by kinda cheap. finished the timing belt last nite, and now it's runs great. just thought i'd share some crazy pics.
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