[V8] T belt slip...

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Jason,

Very sorry to read of your dilemma. I'd say the chances are pretty good
that the valves are bent on at least one of the heads. Also, from my
(anecdotal) experience (hasn't happened to me yet) the cause isn't really
timing belt failure so much as pulley or water pump seizing up. The belt
consequently skipping teeth/shredding is merely a result of the other
component failure. I like to say "timing belt failure" is rather a misnomer
and relatively rare -- unless it's due to age.

Good luck.

Ingo

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:33 PM, <rasrunnit at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The scenario that we all fear finally happened to me today. Ten years,
> over 100,000 miles, and my third belt.
>
> I found a fair amount of crystalized pink coolant and shredded rubber
> under the timing cover. Belt was still tight and didn't look too bad.
>
> My question is.... What are the chances that valves are not bent? How  do
> I know if they are or not?
> Looks like it jumped about 30 degrees on the drivers side cam pulley.
>
> -Jason
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