ok Im an idiot.

 

I have had a small coolant leak at the water pump since early winter. I kept puting it off and fixing other peoples cars and neglecting my own. well after many miles it said no more.

 

the Tbelt finaly was weakened by the coolant and went snap.

 

fortunatly I was close to home and was able to tow strap it home. I need to boot out a few other cars then I will give it the love and attention it has been desiring.

 

just a reminder that yes they are tough and will put up with a lot but dont forget to listen when they need work.

Oops.

 

Oh well, at least you were close to home.

alright now things are bad. I did the water pump/new belts. fire it up and it runs on three cyl. only.

 

cyl. # 2 (same side as broken belt) does not fire. I checked spark. its good. tested compression while running. only 25 lbs:(

 

whats up? I thought these were non interferace motors.

that was one of the reasons I got into subes because I thought that was so smart.

maybe a valvetrain problem is what caused the belt to snap in the first place?

I dont think so. it runs rather well on the three remaining cyl. no funny noises.

 

but that shure would be nice if it was fixable in the car. I will go pop the VC and get back on that.

Off a tooth on the belt? That will cause a low compression reading( but you already knew that )

 

These motors are non interference. the problem you are having is either the cause of the broken belt, caused by the repair, or coincidental.

nope not off a tooth. I was really carefull about that and cyl. # 4 on the same bank is just fine.

 

ok I pulled the valve cover off. what a pain in the rear in car. no loose parts. all the springs lifters rockers appear to be just fine. and it cant be a broken cam because cyl. 4 is ok and is driven after cyl # 2.

 

ok I guess I will start to pull the motor tonight. I better get some motivational beer on hand because I really dont want to do this. might as well try to have a good time at it.

well after a little pondering I cracked beer 1 and began. at shot of jack 1.5 its out on the floor.

 

I will tear into it tomarow and report back.

 

oh yeah before poping it out I applied compresed air to the offending cyl. and I hear air blowing out the exhaust.:-\ valves closed of course.

 

grrr stupid car:confused: