93 del sol timing belt broke

meats50 · Post by **meats50** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:38 pm

So finally got all the little bugs fixed on the new to me del sol. Tune up new alternator etc. Took it out for a test drive ran great. Turn around to head back home, and the car dies. Crank and crank.. nothing. Spray ether in throttle body. Nothing. Take distributor cap off and crank it and the rotors not turning. Look in the oil cap and crank. Valve train doesnt move. So 99% sure that timing belt is broke. Lol. So i did a little research and looks like my 1.6 is an interference motor. Fml. So known my luck valves and pistons are probly trashed. I havent dug into it yet. But im going to this week. So if thats the case anyone suggest a place to get a new motor? I was thinkn a place like 5 star. I basically just want a new engine i can set in. Nothin fancy as im just gona drive it back and forth to work. Of course like anyone else im lookng for the cheapest but best way of going about it. Will be doing labor myself. So any opinions on where to get a motor? Thanks

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:24 am

Sometimes you can get lucky and not damage the valvetrain. If it were me, I would pick up a timing belt from an auto parts store, throw it on and see if it'll start up. If at that point it doesn't start or it has low compression, I would look for an new engine.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:25 am

i by alot of cars with broken belts, and the first thing i do put a new belt on and 7 out of 10 times its find and everynow and then you get a bent vauvle. just throw a belt on and see if it starts. if it runs ruff check the belt make sure its in perfect time if it is your probley bent a vauvle

meats50 · Post by **meats50** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:52 pm

I talked to a.friend about this and he said i.could use his boroscope. So hopefully everything checks out and i can just put a belt on. Also talked to a guy at work thats ben daily driving crx's for years and he said the same thing you guys did. Thats its happened to him a few times and everything was fine. When i cranked it there was no noise and cranked freely so hopefully i got lucky.

meats50 · Post by **meats50** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:07 am

this threads old as hell. ive been meanin to update for quite sometime. duno if anyone cares or not lol. but i scoped the top end. everything checked out. put a timing belt on and..... runs like a champ. thanks for the advice everyone. i assumed it being an interference motor its was scrapped. thrown a belt on was a helluva alot cheaper haha:occasion14: