timing belt broke on freeway, engine damge possible?
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My brother just broke his timing belt on the freeway. He said his car seemed to just lose power and he pulled over. I asked if he heard anything grinding, ticking banging ect. he said no. I am wondering if he did damage to his valves, pistons or anything else. Is there any way to determine or at least get a clue of the damage without taking the heads off and inspecting for damage? He drives a 2001 Mitsubishi galant. I am a A&P mechanic so I plan on doing the work for him
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Its an interference engine so it may have bent some valves But the only way to know is to change the timing belt and do a compression test, But if they are bent you'll have to take it all apart again and have new valves installed to replace the bent valves and hope there's no piston damage
So a broken timing belt means top dead center alignment with the rest of components are lost right? at least for the way you would normally align the pulleys on a belt replacement. How would you go about fixing that? Is it as simple as turning each pulpy around to meet the mark?
So a broken timing belt means top dead center alignment with the rest of components are lost right? at least for the way you would normally align the pulleys on a belt replacement. How would you go about fixing that? Is it as simple as turning each pulpy around to meet the mark?