hi my balancer belt snap on my 1995 prelude vtec it just happened like about 1 day ago very recent i started hearing wierd sound last night then today when i went to change my oil i noticed that my timin balancer belt has snaped but the car was still running so i turned the car offf and now im wondering if i had damaged any thing with a out a timing balancer bellt?

 

I asked my mechanic about this and he said that it wont hurt the engine to drive wherever you need to, to replace it. everything should be ok

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by superjunprelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hi my balancer belt snap on my 1995 prelude vtec it just happened like about 1 day ago very recent i started hearing wierd sound last night then today when i went to change my oil i noticed that my timin balancer belt has snaped but the car was still running so i turned the car offf and now im wondering if i had damaged any thing with a out a timing balancer bellt?</TD></TR></TABLE>

First off, how could you tell that by just changing your oil?

Second off, are you referring to the timing belt or the balance shaft belt?

If it's your timing belt, then the car wouldn't run and
your valves are probably toast.

 

i think hes referring to his balancer shaft belt, which is really no big deal and the noise you're probably hearing is from the belt getting stuck inbetween your pulleys down there, and like SKDRCR said, how could you tell it was broken by changing your oil? you do have your lower plastic covering your timing belt and your tensioners and things dont you?

 

it created a hole in the plastic cover and i saw a bunch of shredded pieces of the belt coming out

 

well thoso "weird" noises you are hearing are probaly the vavles hitting the pistons...

 

nah it sounds like wind ing sounds

 

You should be ok without the balancer shaft belt, on the other hand, without it you should notice a pick up in acceleration. I would recommend getting those shreded pieces out of there to avoid any problems.

 

your balancer shafts keep the engine from Vibrating. You will have a very noticeable Vibration w/ no balancer shafts. you should pull out all foreign objects (belt chunks) from the Timing cover. Keep it out of high R's and get it fixed immediately.
I had this happen, and I jumped a tooth on the intake cam because the balancer belt got sucked between my timing belt and cam gear. I'm lucky.. No bent valves

 

thanks guys just got it fix today while puting on a new belt i had done new timing belt waterpump and balancer belt also putted in type s cams runs damn strong now also adjusted the valves

 

I woulda been worried about the shredded belt getting caught in the teeth of the cam timing belt!

But glad it got fixed w/ no probs!