klze dead again?

[V8KOMX3]

I took my car to the shop after having no time to work on my car and the mechanic tells me my timing belt is bad and I could possibly need my heads rebuilt because of timing belt failure. they quoted me 600 for the timing belt and 2000 to rebuild the heads. nedless to say I told them dont bother fixing it because I can do it myself. However I find it hard to believe my timing belt went bad because it has less then 5k on it and I didnt think the heads would need rebuilt because the ZE is non interference right? Seems to me like someone was trying to get a good chunk of money out of me what do ya'll think? I will know for certain what is going down when I get some time off of work. Would I get any codes if my timing or heads were bad?

[Nd4SpdSe]

Yep, the K-Series are non-interference, which means the valves should never touch the pistons even in the worse case scenario. You can't say 100% that it will never happen, but there's always a slim possibility that something odd may happen and they'll damage the valves.

[RX8SE3P]

So what's the story, did it actually stop working and this mechanic told you this?

If you did change the timing belts, did you do the hydraulic tensioner?

[V8KOMX3]

yea I changed my belt and the pulleys when I put this motor in less than 5k ago. I had a chance to talk to the mechanic again the other day as I was picking up my car and he told me the belt was broken and that he also did a test on the function of the valves and he told me I had 40% leakage. I still haven't had time to look at it myself but before I took it in I looked at the belt and it had tension but I did notice that every now and then as I was trying to start the car sometimes the timing belt would rotate and sometimes it wouldn't.

[hgallegos915]

WOW man you are being taken by a ride.. ask him to simply put the belt on.. time iot and get out of there!! or tow it out and do it yourself.. its quite easy man..

[SuperK]

Oh, you should read my super long story!

http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... lit=dayton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Might I reiterate: drove untimed for WEEKS
and the engine turned MANY MANY times with the timing belt broken off...

And what's stopping my ZE from driving? A broken control arm.
And registration. And tags. And insurance.