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If a timing belt tensioner breaks when all valves are closed will there still be damage?

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Old 05-13-2003, 04:52 PM
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If a timing belt tensioner breaks when all valves are closed will there still be damage?
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Default no. provided the engine doesnt make a full revolution after that.
and the valves stay up. that is unlikely.
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Default It's pretty unlikely that it will break, though...
It'll just skip enough teeth to ruin your day.
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Default No, but the motor and camshafts don't stop rotating because of the built up inertia...
.. so the valves are almost certainly gonna hit the pistons.
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I didn't say timing belt, tensioner will break causing timing belt to skip
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Default My timing belt tensioner went when my g/f was driving and she made it home.. and
got it towed to the dealer the next day..
no damage.. covered under waranty and replaced the full package of timing belt/water pump/tensioner.. the tensioner is covered under warranty but the belt isnt.. go figure
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Yea that makes sense
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How long ago was this?
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Sorry, I'm all cross-eyed today...
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They are never all closed
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