timing belt pic..... luuuucky!

kicknaoffroad · Post by **kicknaoffroad** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:58 pm

so.... thursday while i was driving to kings island amusement park with my g/f for a little vacation my cel came on and my car wouldnt go above 3000 rpm. i got off the freeway did the key flash to check the code and came up with P0016. i called my buddy while i was reseting my computer and he looked up the code and found that i was crankshaft timing mis-alignment. reseting the computer didnt help, i was already 200 miles from home and it was too late to cancel the hotel reservations so i drove my car the rest of the way there in limp mode hoping that maybe it was just a bad crank shaft position sensor. then this afternoon i proceded to drive 300 miles home while i had my dad pick up a belt and tensioner at the dealership while i was on my way. unfortunatly they had to order the waterpump so for today i just changed the belt and tensioner since i need my car monday. the waterpump will be in on tuesday so i'll do this project over again next weekend. when i got it all torn down the verdict was that my timing belt had slipped, it was two teeth off and as for the belt.....

SCARY!!!!! my car just hit 93,000 miles today and i was planning on changing the belt next weekend. i didnt want to do it this weekend because of vacation and the fact that i had just put a PT clutch in my car last weekend and didnt feel like tackling another big project so soon. so much for that idea... HA! got it all dialed in just alittle while ago though. no more cel and it runs good.

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:01 am

Damn son! You are one lucky mofo! Its could have been a BIGGER project......

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:06 am

damn you got lucky! you have 95k on an05?! holy hell yu drive alot. my 00 has like 110k on it!

jT · Post by jT » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:32 am

i can only imagine what mine looks like at 134K and no new timing belt..... yet

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:59 am

Holy shit my 02 has 95k i'm scared....

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:25 am

my 04 has 118k, how do you think i feel! lol

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:00 am

in my 95 i hit 102k and the belt shredded i could only find little pieces of it. and my motor was unharmed in it.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:00 am

my 00 has 104, i need to get da timing belt done quick

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:17 am

I am gonna do mine in the SRT at around 80k.

kicknaoffroad · Post by **kicknaoffroad** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:46 am

i figured you guys would like that!

screw that 90,000 mile change interval! if i decide to keep my car that long, i will be changing it in another 60,000. it wasnt that hard of a job and i definitely wish i would have done this one sooner

i'll get more practice next weekend once my waterpump comes in. woo exciting

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:58 am

well thankfully the srt is not an interference engine so if it goes you don't have to get into a whole rebuild.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:19 am

Damn you did get lucky. I did mine at 68k even though they said that it should be done every 70k, better to be safe than sorry. As for high mileage my 04 which I've owned since mile 1 will turn over 100k in the next couple of weeks.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:08 pm

I just did my brothers RT with 110k and his looked great. It deff wasnt as hard as i thought it would be.

blackboi50 · Post by **blackboi50** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:47 am

can u guys believe my timing belt snapped at 95500 miles exactly

........bent 6 valves!!!

when we put the motor back in and started it my friend was like "uhhhh u know u have exactly 95500 miles"

MOPAR BABY!!!!

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:05 pm

^ Haha, that happen to me in my 1st gen. It hit 100K exactly and the t-belt snapped. Later that week i was looking at the owners manual and it said at 100k the trimming belt need to be replaced. "No Shit!"

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:19 am

I just hit 84k in my 01. i've put 15k on it since december. i should definitely look into the belt.