broke the timing belt on my accord
 

i was onmy way to work yesterday and nthe car just stops i coats off to the side of the road at first i thought outaa gas butgot gas put it in and nothing so me and a friend and my gramps pop the valve cover off and broken timing belt i was wondeing if this could of done any damage to the motor at all if soit isnt a prob becuz iplannned on a rebuild any way

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i'd just pull the head. the timing belt and valve cover is already off, just unbolt the ex mani and the head bolts.

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Man, doesn't anybody speak english anymore? So let me get this straight...you broke your timing belt while you were driving? Or your grampa broke it? If the car was running and the belt broke, your valves in the head are fucked.

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Not necessarily.

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9 times out of 10 they are. I thought i got lucky once a few years ago when my timing belt snapped. I put a new one on and it seemed like it was ok, idle was a little bit rougher. Ended up rebuilding the motor about 8 months later and turned out i bent 2 exhaust valves and ended up blow-torching holes in the sides of the valves. You might get lucky if you're really broke and it'll still run, just won't run like it did originally.

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There is a chance not one thing was damaged in his engine. You just have shitty luck.

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I have dealt with a few broke t blets in my day. Everytime there was atleast 2 bent valves. ONly way is pull the head

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Thank you! :-*

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sorry Ronnie, odd's are the valve's did get a bit mangled. but at least you picked up that other motor to start building off of Jay

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i checked today and i didnt bend any valve atall i am happy

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how did you check

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took the head off and looked and they looked fine

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OMG thats not how you do it. Valves dont literally look bent. You have to pull the head. Pour a liquid into the ports. If the cahmber is good no bent valves liquid will remain in the port. If liquid comes out there is your bent valve. Easy and it works. I promise you there are atleast 2 bent in there but hey lookin works too ::)

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it reallt depends on what type of load was on the motor and what RPMS you were at, I've had a belt snap and had 6 bent valve, but just the other day my tensionator loosened up and the belt poped off the exhaust cam and i was at idle and nothing happend. i head metal on metal contact but no damage was done, but then again i killed the motor 2 seconds after it happend.

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i was coming 2 a stop so i was at low rpms and my gramps took the head off and he has been doing the car thing longerthan most of u have bein alive so i trust him when he said i dont have anybent valves when looked at the head and tested it somehow iaint sure how he did it but im just changing my timing belt and driving the car while isave money 2 build my f series