Es3L

yesterday, drove to my girlfriend, u-turned, parked, turned it off...came out 2 hours later, wouuldnt start, towed home, looked, cam isnt spinning. Cam belt is broke, and if the valves mated with the mother ****ing pistons AGAIN, im going to ****ing take a baseball batt and kill this car. Im buying a nissan.

Tabor

When was the last time that the timing belt was replaced? When was is last retensioned?

Es3L

last retentioned....october, replaced, April, AND MAY!!!! ahh

Matt O.

Sorry man.

booster

Who's been doing the work? You need to take it back to them and have them repair it.

Es3L

car is being repaired now. by me and my dad, im getting a new hood (last night brother went crazy and dented the **** out of mine), repainting the front clip, selling it, buying a nissan 240sx, and making a rice rocket even though i hate them, i still have a 911.

i was going to sell it and get a 944 T but this is to much work for me to put into a car, ill be fulltime college soon so yeah, im getting a 240sx and putting a SR20DET turbo engine into it, and coilovers all around, so it might have good handling.

Jeremy Martin

the timing belt failing so often is the sign of a more significant problem. was the tensioning tool used previously in the change, or was it a by hand job so to speak? when were the rollars last replaced? any of the seals fail in the area? what condition are the other belts?

Es3L

the famous "hella expencive tool" was used, and all rollers were changed, along with belts, along with waterpump last time the belt went.in april. and the seals.

Perry 951

Are you sure the rollers are on correctly? I had the same problem, killing 3 sets of valves in 3 miles of driving. The roller on the tensioner was installed backwards from the factory. This made the belt track weird, and eventually would twist enough to sheer off the teeth. Did you check the crank gear? If that is worn, it can cause the same thing.

I feel your pain. Hang with 'em.

Es3L

tomorrow we are taking this thing apart, one thing is, the engine turns over perfectly fine, just the cam isnt turning, it sounds like i have compression and everything is normal, just no valveage. Could i have performed a miracle, and thrown the belt without causing any damage?

Perry 951

Not likely. You probably got at least 1.

Es3L

i wanted to avoid the rice rocket game, but im getting a 240sx, Veilside front end, sideskirts, SR20DET motor, intercooler, apexI everything....16 rims. Same porsche system, coilovers all around. THen itll be faster then my na, and wont break as much. More time for the 911T

Luke

Good luck, and make sure you post us some pics

Es3L

thanks for the good wishes. Hopefully the experience of turbo and whatnot from the 240 will get me a headstart on the 951 i plan on having in 3 years. (halfway to my MBA)

Danno

im getting a 240sx and putting a SR20DET turbo engine into it,

I've got a friend that did that exact thing. Let me know if you'd like to get in touch with him for ideas.