HELP! car i was just gonna by timing belt.... HELP!

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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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well, car i was just gonna buy's timing belt either snapped or came off.... he is taking the car to the mechanic, question is, what most likely happened??? he says everything still works besides engine (obviouslyl..) 88hx with si a6 engine.... thanks!
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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HUH?
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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most likely find another a6 or whatever you want, to put in it, sometimes you can get lucky and no damage done, but usually your screwed. in my experience anyway.
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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Do WHAT?!
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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what exactly probably broke?? would i need to replace head or what?
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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probably bent or snapped a valve
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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oh, i see, would that mean that i would need to replace head or just valves or what??? thanks.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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the easiesst thing to do is just to swap the motor
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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Wait to see what the mechanic says.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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just do a head swap, its real easy on almost any civic, unless u don't know **** about workin on cars
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