How do you know the timing belt of your car is malfunctionning and how do you repair it?

Question

Any estimates on how much a repair would cost? I have a 98 Kia.

Answer 1

If your timing belt is over due for replacement...usually the only symtom is the vehicle jumping time due to a tooth stripped on the belt or either the belt breaks...The cost of the repair is depending on what engine you have...Can you email me back with what the vehicle is [e-mail]

Answer 2

The timing belt goes goes on the front of your engine, around the camshaft pulley and the crankshaft pulley. It keeps the camshaft turning at the same speed as the crankshaft.

This allows the valves controlled by the camshaft, to admit air/fuel, and expel exhaust, in sync with the crankshaft that is driven by combustion of fuel inside the cylinders.

If the belt is broken, your car won't run at all. If it has slipped, then your timing will be off, and your performance will go down. And it means the belt is worn then it is worn and will ontinue to slip until it breaks or goes too far out of time.

to fix this, you need to get a whole bunch of stuff out of there, and replace the belt with a new one.

there should be marks on the crank and camshaft pulleys you can line up. Then the engine will be in "base time" (good enough to start),

then the computer will use the crank position sensor to find tune the timing when you start the car.

It's not hard to do, just a lot of work taking everything out.

I suggest you pick up a repair manual for your car, and take your time, mark every wire and hose, take pictures, etc.

Answer 3

You have a Kia? My wife has a Hyundai and more than likely your engine is turned sideways right? Belts on the left side of the engine instead of the front when standing directly in front of the car? Well my wife's car was making a really weird screeching noise for a few weeks, thought it was the water pump bearings or something, I work on cars a bit but with these imports and how cramped it is under the hood, i didn't even mess with it, only about an inch of space in there to work with, took it to the dealership and had them look at it, turned out the timing belt was missing some teeth and you could see where some of them were starting to crack off. After looking into it i found that some imports use rubber belts for their timing belt for two reasons, one its cheaper than a timing CHAIN and the rubber ones are quieter than the chains...the downfall is that they dont last as long...Hyundai recommends changing it every 60k...whereas the timing chains are supposed to take you well over 100k. Cost was around 600 for us.

Answer 4

You will know because your car will not run at all if the timing belt breaks or slips a tooth. One of two things can happen if your timing belt breaks, depending on the design of your car's engine: your car could just stop running; or your car could stop running and suffer serious and expensive damage.

It's a good idea to get that changed when it's due. Check your owner's manual, it could be anywhere from 60,000 to 150,000 miles.

It's not a cheap job, those belts cost around $70 and it will probably take around 2 hours @ $100 per hour, so you're looking at about $300 or so. Or find someone who's very handy and you can probably get it done for the cost of parts plus beer.

Answer 5

first sign a rattleing noise under the valve cover(top of the engine)

not repair ,replacement. 4 hour labor, whatever price it is, local

Answer 6

to fix it yourself youll need a timer for it .. best bet is to go see a mechanic and get a quote I cant see it being over $100.00 or you can buy a timer but thats even more expansive.