Dalilean

I was diving my 83 944 in traffic last week, when the car sudenly felt sluggish, then stalled. When I tried to turn it on, the engine just wirled but no go. I had someone try to start it while I looked at the timing belt and realized it did not turn. I guess the belt got loose or broke. I am just praying the valves did not go. Tomorrow I am taking the car to the shop to take everything out to check it.

Does someone know of a store that has a belt/tensioner etc. kit to change all the nessesary timebelt parts?

While I have the engine open, Is there something else I might as well do in there?

Yabo

if you tried to turn it, and saw the belt wasnt moving.... your valves are bent, sorry to say.

aeronautica86

you say "it finally happened" like you knew it was coming and still didn't do the proper preventative maintanence...

Dalilean

No, it's just that that is one of the things you pray never happens but Murphy insists it must!

Dalilean

I am hoping it did not bend anything because of the way it failed. It started sluggish then stalled. I was going about 10mph. No bang, no jerking. It just stalled.

apierce918

oh it bent something, it just didnt bang because your tach wasnt wrapped up near 5 grand. no belt to make sure the cam and crank are turning in sync, 8 valves and 4 pistons... odds are not good. like 3,000,000:1

if that

tinman944

you can bend the valves by turning the motor over by hand.

Jfrahm

You'd think changing a belt every 30-40K miles and tensioning it every now and then would be a bit easier than just driving around until you have a $3000 repair bill.

It's not Murphy that got you, but Darwin.
-Joel.

ljibis

Another one bites the dust.

How long until it's sold as a "project car" to someone who actually cares?

apierce918

thats rough