i think my timing belt just broke

[SlushboxTeggy]

just was going to go out and fill up the tank for tommarow. turn the key, and it turns over. idles fine at 500 then starts idling really rough and the rpms started to go up. i just turned it off a little before it got to 2500(like 2 seconds). does this sound like the timing belt broke? its never happened to me before.

ill pull off the valve cover tommarow and check but idk what else it could be. i just dont feel like getting it towed to a garage.

if someone could just verify that it was the timing belt, or if it may be something else. thanks

 

[jamesA]

If your timing belt broke clean off, the car wouldn't run at all.

It might be slipping teeth.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

i forgot to add, no CEL. before or after

 

[vtecsir1]

think about if your bike chain came off, it wouldnt work at all.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Originally posted by vtecsir1@Jul 27 2005, 01:11 AM
think about if your bike chain came off, it wouldnt work at all.

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yea i get that. just wondering what it could be then. ran really rough and the rpms just kept rising.

 

[brian11to1]

TPS sensor bad? cuase when someone does a swap, if the TPS isnt wired right ti cause the idle to go up. check voltage at the TPS.

 

[jamesA]

Go have your belt replaced and get the timing checked.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

um, its fine now. starts right up and idles at 500. idk whatever

 

[MikeBergy]

Originally posted by sLuShBoXtEgGy@Jul 27 2005, 09:47 AM
um, its fine now. starts right up and idles at 500. idk whatever

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Ghosts at the wheel?

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Originally posted by MikeBergy+Jul 27 2005, 12:49 PM-->

sLuShBoXtEgGy

@Jul 27 2005, 09:47 AM
um, its fine now. starts right up and idles at 500. idk whatever

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Ghosts at the wheel?

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i wonder if a car can be haunted, i swear some weird ass shit happens in my car. whatever

 

[brc80]

500rpm's seems kinda low for an idle?

 

[phyregod]

I had a car that I named Legion, for they were many.

Its biblical, for the iddiots out there.

 

[MikeBergy]

Originally posted by phyregod@Jul 27 2005, 10:11 AM
I had a car that I named Legion, for they were many.

Its biblical, for the iddiots out there.

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LOL, cute. Send them out into a bunch of pigs now.

 

[reckedracing]

LOL, cute. Send them out into a bunch of pigs now.

but then all the pigs will leap to their death...
lol

sounds perhaps like your iac is gettin sticky?
def seems vacuum related to me...

 

[vtecsir1]

800-900 i believe is stock idle.

 

[jamesA]

Originally posted by brc80@Jul 27 2005, 12:07 PM
500rpm's seems kinda low for an idle?

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I idle at 1400 until it's warmed up, then I idle between 500-900 rpm. Occasionally at 1000 rpm, but that's a rarity.

 

[d16y8_93_civic_lx]

under the hood of your car should be a catalyst it will tell you what your idle should be mine is 570 + or - 50 rpm.