worst case bent or broke valves, scared cylinder walls, chipped cracked or broken piston surfaces in other words very costly best case nothing
Ha yes timing belt breakage in any car can cause damage to the engine... things like bent valves, scored cylinder walls and possible engine failure. That is why the idea is to replace timing belts before they break.
If your timing belt were to break while the engine is operating, the camshafts would be out of time with the crankshaft. This 'out of time' would cause the valves to open at incorrect times in regard to the crankshaft/pistons. This break in the timing belt could cause valves to bend or break as well as damage the head itself; pistons could also become damaged in the process.
It will do some internal damage ie bent valves being the main one. Hi I'm just half we through taken a head of a megane 1.4 coupe that had timing belt snapped. It will also cause damage to pistons as well, the amount of damage will be on how fast you was going when it let go but it will have cause damage though. If it has bent valves you may need to check the valve guides as well.
wrong timing can cause any engine to over heat. in fact if the timing is off it can cause hundreds of dollars of damage.
What would cause the timing belt to break twice in 1 month on a 2000 Kia Sportage?
Why would a timing belt jump time and cause damage to the cylinder heads ?
if the timing belt breaks then yes it will throw the timing off.
most snapped timing belts will in most cases cause engine damage,the only exception would be a freewheeling engine were valve to piston contact would be minimal an interference type engine would cause damage.
No, the '99 Toyota Camry has a non-interference engine, where the piston and valve path do not interfere with each other. The timing belt breaking will cause your car to stop working, but will not cause valve damage.
On an interference engine the pistons can hit the valves. That will cause severe internal engine damage.
It all depends on the engine design. It may do no damage or it may bend valves.
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