I had my timing belt break due to a bad tensioner and it happened a while the engine was at idel. It is the SOHC engine with 180,000 miles. Is the engine now trash? Can the heads be reworked and be ok? Man this is depressing, the tranny started slipping 2 months before this happened Thanks!

 

kiss your engine good buy! it happend to me and my valves all get bent and my pistons all got scortched might wanna try to find a good used one itd be cheaper then rebuilding.........

 

I got a car that the tbelt broke on. It bent every valve in the motor. I had new valves put in and a valve job done. Its been runing fine ever since.

Pull the heads and take a look at it but at the very least you will spend probably $500 on new valves, valve job, gasket kit, tbelt...etc.

Thats about what I spent. I go the car dirt cheap though.

 

Ouch...I think if it were me, I'd go for a good used engine, and before you install it put a new T-belt on, check manifold studs, etc. Pulling heads is not real fun. Plus, then you'd have lots of room to do the ever popular 5 sp. swap.

 

I just noticed your mileage (didnt notice it earlier) with that kind of miles on it you would probably be better off getting a low mileage motor and do what broncoguy suggested.

I only rebuilt my heads because the motor had just around 100K on it (belt never changed) so it was worth it to put the money in the heads instead of getting a motor I knew nothing about.

 

Thanks for the quick replys! I was going to part it out but I just replaced all the struts and it has new brakes all the way around. The inside is really nice and the paint is decent. So I will make it a project car. I will have to put it to the side for a while since I am out of work for a few months due to a major surgery I just had. Again Thanks! DrB.