Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to pay f
 

It's not any more common to break a timing belt on this car than any
other 4 cyl with a timing belt. Considering that belts are common on
4 cyl engines and the maintenance cycle has been well known for over
30 years I don't see what you are complaining about.

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:55:17 +0200, "pege" <pege@telkomsa.net> wrote:

>
>It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
>get a reasonable repair quote.
>Regarding belt or chain- some Hyundai in house developed engines have both
>(weird design), timing belt driving only the exhaust valves and a chain,
>connecting exhaust and inlet camshaft and driving the inlet valves. A broken
>chain will only stop the inlet valves which in some cases can be repaired by
>DIY expert. Repair shops will never re-pair such jobs and will only replace
>components and charge accordingly.
>A broken timing belt will stop inlet and exhaust valves and repair costs
>will be that much higher.
>
>pege
>hyundaitech <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
>news:a49902165d673c35eb153ab7ac03c5ff@localhost.t alkaboutautos.com...
>> It's very rare for this car to strip or break a belt and not require at
>> least replacing the valves. In the worst cases, whole engines were
>> required.
>>
>

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to payf
 

pege wrote:

> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.
> Regarding belt or chain- some Hyundai in house developed engines have both
> (weird design), timing belt driving only the exhaust valves and a chain,
> connecting exhaust and inlet camshaft and driving the inlet valves. A broken
> chain will only stop the inlet valves which in some cases can be repaired by
> DIY expert. Repair shops will never re-pair such jobs and will only replace
> components and charge accordingly.
> A broken timing belt will stop inlet and exhaust valves and repair costs
> will be that much higher.

You really shouldn't post things that you haven't a clue about. You may
actually cause someone to run a belt to failure and then need a fairly
extensive engine overhaul rather than a simple belt replacement. On
interference engines, running a belt to failure is a really dumb idea.

Matt

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to payf
 

pege wrote:

> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.
> Regarding belt or chain- some Hyundai in house developed engines have both
> (weird design), timing belt driving only the exhaust valves and a chain,
> connecting exhaust and inlet camshaft and driving the inlet valves. A broken
> chain will only stop the inlet valves which in some cases can be repaired by
> DIY expert. Repair shops will never re-pair such jobs and will only replace
> components and charge accordingly.
> A broken timing belt will stop inlet and exhaust valves and repair costs
> will be that much higher.

You really shouldn't post things that you haven't a clue about. You may
actually cause someone to run a belt to failure and then need a fairly
extensive engine overhaul rather than a simple belt replacement. On
interference engines, running a belt to failure is a really dumb idea.

Matt

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to payf
 

pege wrote:

> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.
> Regarding belt or chain- some Hyundai in house developed engines have both
> (weird design), timing belt driving only the exhaust valves and a chain,
> connecting exhaust and inlet camshaft and driving the inlet valves. A broken
> chain will only stop the inlet valves which in some cases can be repaired by
> DIY expert. Repair shops will never re-pair such jobs and will only replace
> components and charge accordingly.
> A broken timing belt will stop inlet and exhaust valves and repair costs
> will be that much higher.

You really shouldn't post things that you haven't a clue about. You may
actually cause someone to run a belt to failure and then need a fairly
extensive engine overhaul rather than a simple belt replacement. On
interference engines, running a belt to failure is a really dumb idea.

Matt

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to p
 

If this is one of the 1.8 Mitsubishi dohc engines, it's common for the
timing belt to strip even prior to the maintenance interval. I've
replaced stripped timing belts on these prior to the car reaching 25k
(almost always with cylinder head work, too).

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to p
 

If this is one of the 1.8 Mitsubishi dohc engines, it's common for the
timing belt to strip even prior to the maintenance interval. I've
replaced stripped timing belts on these prior to the car reaching 25k
(almost always with cylinder head work, too).

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to p
 

If this is one of the 1.8 Mitsubishi dohc engines, it's common for the
timing belt to strip even prior to the maintenance interval. I've
replaced stripped timing belts on these prior to the car reaching 25k
(almost always with cylinder head work, too).

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to pay f
 

"pege" <pege@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
news:e7iu2k$65p$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.

Rare to get a reasonable repair quote? What's reasonable? What's the price
of a head? Or a valve train, even? A broken timing belt on an interference
engine is usually a pretty major event. It should cost $200 to fix it?

--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to pay f
 

"pege" <pege@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
news:e7iu2k$65p$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.

Rare to get a reasonable repair quote? What's reasonable? What's the price
of a head? Or a valve train, even? A broken timing belt on an interference
engine is usually a pretty major event. It should cost $200 to fix it?

--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

Re: 95 Elantra - Timing Chain Broke - how much can I expect to pay f
 

"pege" <pege@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
news:e7iu2k$65p$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
> It's not very rare to strip or break a belt on this cars, but very rare to
> get a reasonable repair quote.

Rare to get a reasonable repair quote? What's reasonable? What's the price
of a head? Or a valve train, even? A broken timing belt on an interference
engine is usually a pretty major event. It should cost $200 to fix it?

--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net