k well i was driving, and my alternator started going to ****.. making noise, etc.. so i pulled over, yanked the belt, and had like another mile to go, no big deal..

then as im driving all of a sudden it feels like there is a heavy load on the motor for some reason.. i made it home, then parked the car and oil was all over, etc and this is what it looked like.. hard to see kinda but the timing belt slid over and rubber on the valve cover, grinding the **** out of the timing belt.. i havent had time to tear into it yet..

i was thinking possible water/oil pump failure???

 

is the crank pully bolt loose?

 

did you shift gears really hard kinda before all this happened?

 

Um maybe if you leave the cover on there it may not happen.
Thats why its there.Or could a hundred japanese engineers be wrong.
Pulley is out of line most likely.

 

i dont see how that cover not being there would do that to the timing belt.... im thinking the crank pully bolt came loose, and the pully moved over. the guide also moved and let the timing belt move over... now the question....... is the crank pully bolt loose???

 

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I find road debris in open covers like this all of the time. If the crank pulley is tight, then you have debris inside the cover.

 

thanks guys, ill look into that, i havent had time to mess with it yet. hopefully its something simple like that.

 

hey thats where that missing 12mm was!!


PUT THE COVER BACK ON IT

 

also check to make sure those 2 alignment shims behind the crank pulley are there also that will do that too