1990 ef hatch with obd1 SOHC ZC swap

Was driving to my job site this morning, when my battery light came on. No decent place to stop, so I kept it going for a few miles. Right before I'm at a gas station to stop and check everything out, my car starts losing power and being real jumpy.

I stop to pop the hood and see what's going on, and the negative terminal is loose. No big deal right? I tighten it down, and go to look at the alternator. DEAR SWEET BABY JESUS. Alternator belt is gone. Didn't smell anything burning on the drive. Then I notice what made me sick to my stomach. My timing belt looks damn near run down to the teeth on the outside. There is oil and pieces of timing belt sprayed on the underside of my hood, and all over the back of the engine bay.

How boned am I?

*EDIT: it was running fine until I took the exit ramp to get to the gas station. At that point, no amount of pedal would give me speed. Possible timing slip. Bent valves likely? Timing belt can almost be pulled off with no effort right now.

 

you wont know until the obvious problems are fixed

 

post pics

 

Well, until I read the timing belt I would have said yes. I've had an alternator belt go bad. Replace the water pump and the timing belt. Then start the car up again. If it spews oil, return the parts and get a new motor most likely. (By spew, I mean like a crack in the block) If the head gasket leaks, you can replace that. It all just depends.

Good luck though.

 

Try to rotate the engine over (without letting the timing belt slip) and see if the crank and cam timing marks are still correct. If they are, they you should just need a new timing belt. And alternator belt.

 

My belt snapped back when I was stock. I was lucky, no bent valves!