my timing chain came off in the engine , what kind of damage am I looking at?

 

How did this happen?

 

yea shiit luck...could be reasonable could be a money pit

 

oh man how did u manage that? your whole valve train needs to be replaced patna

 

So the chain slipped a tooth?

Might as well buy a new engine. Pretty cheap, www.ebay.com or www.car-part.com

 

yea, thats what my mechanic said -"could be reasonable could be a money pit" he's taking the engine apart to see what kind of damage im looking at, but its a f'in sh!tty luck

this happened in the last two months :
new starter, ignition switch, knock sensor, flat tire, rebuild trany. My car spends more time in the shop than i do driving it...

 

and i have no idea how it happened, few days after picking up the car after a trany rebuil from a shop, it became a pain in the *** to start it, next day didnt start at all.

 

Usually if hte chain skips a tooth, you would feel ALOT of vibrations everywhere. I have never read about a case where hte chain broke or slipped or skipped a tooth. I do know that hte tensioner goes bad though.

 

It is very uncommon for a timing chain to skip. If the tensioner or guide broke than there could be enough slack to allow it to slip. I think that the maxima has a non interference engine so that the pistons won't slap the valves but im not 100% sure. If it only skipped a tooth and didn't break than there should not be any damage.
If you are going to fix it, than replace the water pump while you are in there since it is driven by the timing chain.

 

the tension was ok actually when i drove it but then it wouldnt start at all, the mech. say's the chain came off, but now i need to wait till tommorow, when he takes it apart to see the complete list of the damages.

 

Well if the chain came off, kiss your engine goodbye

 

uncommon my ars, this kind off stuff always happens to ME

 

The VQ30DE/all VQs for that matter ARE INTERFERENCE engines... so a broken chain will cause valve damage.

I am guessing your tensioner was weak (some 95/96s have this problem from the factory)... and that let the chain slip a tooth... not sure if a slipped tooth will cause enough of a timing mislalignment to bend anything... we'll know soon enough.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

Pray to the car gods tonight.

 

IF the problem wasn't the tranny shop's fault. And IF it's indeed a slipped timing chain, by all means just put a good used low miler in. $500 for a motor is unbeatable.