answersLogoWhite

0

What happens if your timing belt is lose?

Updated: 10/24/2022
User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

Best Answer

Timing belts only get loose if the tensioner is broken. If that happens the belt will slip and your engine will be out of time. It will either not run at all or run very badly. On an interference engine you could have internal engine damage.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What happens if your timing belt is lose?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What happens if you don't change the timing belt for a 2001 Chevy Prizm?

From what I read it has a timing chain, not a timing belt. I asked the dealer about scheduled maintenance, and changing the timing belt was never mentioned.


What happens if a Chevy s10 98 timing belt breaks?

It does not have a timing belt. It has a chain and gears.If timing chain goes out then the engine will not run.


What happens when a 1996 Hyundai excel breaks a timing belt?

It does not have a belt, it has a chain.


What happens to a subaru 2000 outback went the timing belt goes and the valves bend?

The timing belt goes and the valves bend.


What happens if a timing belt breaks on a ford ranger?

Will anything happen to the motor if timing belt breaks on a 2001 ford ranger


What happens to a car if one delays the replacement of a timing belt?

With some engines, catastrophic damage can occur to engine if the timing belt breaks.


What happens if the timing is of on a timing belt on an Acura Integra?

Most likely your car wont start.


What happens when 1999 neon timing belt slips?

its very bad for your engine. Change your timing belt ASAP before your engine goes CABOOM


What happens when timing belt ready to snap?

i had a 106 and the timing belt came loose , it came off and wrecked the timing of the engine causing it to destroy its self . i presume it will be the same effect if it did snap .


Where is located a timing belt on a grand caravan 1999 3.3?

It does not have a timing belt. It has a timing chain.It does not have a timing belt. It has a timing chain.


What happens if the timing belt on ford focus 2004 snaps?

get a new one


How to remove timing belt on a Peugeot 306?

The belt may be cut off, or the pulleys may be held in place by bolts as the camshaft is turned to align the holes so as not to lose the timing. Then replace the belt by loosening the tension pulley.