Subject	Oh god, I almost needed a motor.
Posted by	TBlakeZ (NorCal) on September 28, 2006 at 10:38 PM
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Message	Ready for a story? Ahem, today driving back from school as I got off the freeway I noticed a clutch like smell. My first thought was a clutch because it is old and it smelled like.. clutch. Well I drove on, came home, got ready, and started the Z up to go to the gym. Now I noticed a squeeling. Higher with more pitch as rpms increased. Sounded like a supercharger. Coming back from the gym same thing! Squeeling. I get home check belts, and at first it sounds like a bad tensioner. Then I thought maybe the timing belt. I put my hand on it and it was rough. Sure a timing belt could make this noise. The timing belt isnt that old though (2 yrs 25,000k miles) so I started to rule it out. Then all of a sudden the noise got really bad more squeeling. I literally ran over and shut off the motor. I said lemme research this first before I turn this thing back on. Now thanks to tt.net I came on here and typed in search: squeeling timing belt. I get hits about how they can make the same noise I am describing. So I pulled one bolt on the timing belt cover and.... OMFG. It looks like a dog was chewing the thing up. I almost needed a motor. I'm going to call this one karma... or luck. Luck that I caught it before I needed a motor and karma because I chipped in 5 bucks here for the run raiser and search showed me exactly what I needed to see!!!!! 92' 2+2 NA 5sp DD (also 71' Camaro project) 71' debut soon? Or for sale?
Follow Ups	Oh god, I almost needed a motor. - TBlakeZ (NorCal) 22:38:01 09/28/06 Good save! - Dallas DamonZ 22:41:10 09/28/06 Good call. Too bad it didn't snap on you though, good excuse - Neogenesis 22:41:56 09/28/06 LOL, thats the first thing a friend of mine said. (n/m) - TBlakeZ (NorCal) 22:52:58 09/28/06 I wasnt as lucky as you were - Biz 22:41:57 09/28/06 Glad to see you saved your engine...That means that your Z - TheTwinZ (Peru) 22:59:44 09/28/06 nice. - nemo1080 23:05:49 09/28/06 Whoa, dude! - WAGGZ 23:48:32 09/28/06 wow. would love to hear why/how that happened (n/m) - PakiHomBoy 23:48:36 09/28/06 Shoulda donated more :) - TTFairladyZ 00:39:50 09/29/06 Whew! Go play the lottery. (n/m) - BradZ (FL) 00:42:21 09/29/06 an idler bearing probably froze and/or is falling - Seb (specialty-Z) 00:42:30 09/29/06 Most likely your right. (n/m) - TBlakeZ (NorCal) 01:18:09 09/29/06 Nice save! You should make sure that the washer behind - boileralum 01:09:15 09/29/06 They sound like someone choking a squirrel before - WildBillZx 02:05:04 09/29/06 Nice, I do believe that one was Karma. (n/m) - Musashi Sword 06:46:31 09/29/06 Glad you were able to find info using *squeeling timing belt - doug8867 09:21:45 09/29/06 can someone explain how that would've damaged the motor - scubasteve (rebuilding) 10:16:56 09/29/06 Some valves will still remain open if the cams snap to a - Dave N 10:22:18 09/29/06 It says "rebuilding" in your screenname. Hmmm..... (n/m) - Inzane 10:59:08 09/29/06 haha! well played. sad part is, i rebuilt it just - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 13:36:28 09/29/06 WOW, good catch! - TT XTZ 10:39:48 09/29/06 Wow! Dodge a bullet there. (n/m) - pallen 11:59:14 09/29/06 I'm amazed that the timing belt is in that bad shape! - icanznow 20:11:11 09/29/06
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