Re: Timing belt broke after 50k miles?!

Steve B. <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:16:11 -0500, me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
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>>True....should know more tomorrow after mechanic has
>>diagnoses it.... but even he thought it was the timing
>>belt
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>I hope that turns out to be all it is!!  Please let us know after you
>get it fixed..  I'm very interested to know if something broke the
>belt or if it was just a bad belt.
>
>             Steve B,

It was the belt tensioner

Apparently it bound up or something causing the belt to
jump a tooth.

The mechanic replaced everything including the belt
even tho he said timing belt didn't look too bad.  I
agreed abt changing the timing belt as well since he
might as well with the engine all apart and the belt
having 50k on it.

Thank God it wasn't an interference engine!