Serpentea belt broke tangled in other bet, wrapped around crank pulley and motor

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Asked by Harleyrider1963 Jul 07, 2018 at 11:48 PM about the 2002 Acura MDX AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Igot belt untangled
everyone  said timing
belt brok too cause
cranks fast and sounds
funny, i checked it by
taking oul cap off while
friend turned key and
valves were going up
and down so timing belt
not broke, so why wont
it atleast start? Even
with no belt should run,  
it dont even sound like
its firing.

3 Answers

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When the belt broke it may have broken wire(s), connector(s) and or sensor(s). Have you checked for spark and fuel yet?

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I have an 01 elantra. It has multiple belts on it. My inner most belt was for my air conditioner pump only. It was making a few squeaks here and there but it ended up snapping. That was fine, it happens. But what I didn’t expect was a piece of it had wrapped around the inner area of my crankshaft and burned a hole into my timing belt cover. Then proceeded to wrap itself up over the lower timing belt sprocket. Timing slipped and engine stopped so hard it felt like I hit a deer. Then I heard a bunch of metal crunching. I destroyed every single one of my exhaust valves. After it happened before I tore it down I thought I might get lucky so I reset the timing belt and rolled it over and absolutely zero compression. I am now in the process of a complete engine overhaul.

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