Stimmel1647545512 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 1996 hyundai accent gt 1.5 dohc has been making a ticking sound, well the girlfriend calls me and says it died while driving it. took the top timing cover off because everything else looked okay and the belt was missing about 3/4 of the teeth i could see about 30k miles ago i had done a timing belt water pump and the components. questions. Is this and interference engine? If yes is it as good as junk? Also what can cause this? any help appriciated its her only car thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yes the hyundai is a interferance motor. Sounds like something stopped turning, which made a pulley eat the teeth off of it.. Maybe tensioner? Even though it is an interferance motor.. You can still sometimes save them.. I would pull the cover off, throw a new timing belt on it and see if it starts.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99FLHRCI Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yes the hyundai is a interferance motor. Sounds like something stopped turning, which made a pulley eat the teeth off of it.. Maybe water pump / tensioner? Even though it is an interferance motor.. You can still sometimes save them.. I would pull the cover off, throw a new timing belt on it and see if it starts.. Sounds about right to me. May want to turn the motor over slowly by hand. If it rotates back and forth you at least know the bottom end is loose. Don't turn to far or use a lot of force. You may bend a valve if you force it to far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Sounds about right to me. May want to turn the motor over slowly by hand. If it rotates back and forth you at least know the bottom end is loose. Don't turn to far or use a lot of force. You may bend a valve if you force it to far. Yeah that would be a good starting point too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 i just dont have the time to do it lucklily the car just turned off and when you try to start it it just sounds like the starter spinning hmmm who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 That's because nothing is turning on the motor. Just the crank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 anyone think its worth trying to put a new belt on or is most likey hosed? and who wants to help me food and beer provided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 I dont have the time right now, Or I would gladly help you out.. Sounds like it will need a motor.. But you could always be lucky, you never know until you put a new belt on it. Or if your looking to sell it for dirt cheap, shoot me a pm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 If you wanna see if you can save it just pull the head off and see what the valves look like, if its not too much trouble that is, besides, if the valves are hosed but the bottom end is okay, its cheaper to replace the heads than the engine, and if the whole thing is shot your not out anything but time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_12 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 New engine. If it sounds like that, the valves are most likely bent and the rods could be bent too whether you can see it or not. Once the chain/belt breaks on an interference engine, its usually done. I could potentially help but only have next two days off and need to get my Saturn on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 thanks for all the info guys i have had zero time the belt didnt brake its just missing quite a few teeth. i dunno what to do shit sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_12 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Ribs missing on the belt is basically the same as it completely breaking. It has jumped time, and it isn't good on interference engines. It most likely ate the teeth at the crank, and allowed the crank to rotate most likely contacting some valves. It sucks. I've dealt with with two engines that killed themselves due to timing recently. I bet those engines are fairly cheap at junkyard. I seriously wouldn't bother tearing it apart knowing its an interference engine. You may be able to pass with head replacement and new belt (don't go cheap on a belt though), but it is possible to have bent the rod(s). Do you happen to have a garage and engine hoist to pull engine, if you go that route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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