I definitely would get rid of the timing belt...
What year?
“My daughter’s car’s Timing Belt Broke this morning(she thinks) and we are deciding whether to fix it or get rid of it.”
Timing belts cannot be repaired. You may check to see if it can be recycled.
I just read from:
http://www.aa1car.com/library/timing_belt_aveo.htm
That it’s an interference engine, so valves are probably damaged.
It’s an interference engine... break a timing belt and you can kiss the valves goodbye.
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Chevrolet/Aveo/2004/engine/timing_belt_failure.shtml
Pretty common problem apparently.
Whoever came up with timing belts should be doing hard time.
A 2004 Chevy Aveo?
The timing belt is fine. The car itself? Junk.
Seriously. Why put $1000 into a $1000 car?
First check to see if any of the valves are bent. If so, depending on the condition of the rest of the car it might pay to replace the engine. Otherwise if you replace the belt, since you’ll be taking the front of the engine apart, be sure to flush out the cooling system and replace the water pump, serpentine belt and the radiator hoses. Since they’re also on the front of the engine and a big PITA to get to. It won’t be cheap, but compare it to the cost of replacing the car, even good used cars are expensive.
Yeah, the Aveo is the “Ford Fiesta” of Chevrolet.
Maybe part it out?
The belt itself is simple to change but you may have serious engine damage and need a rebuild if the belt actually snapped.
Engine components are designed to clear each other with proper timing. When timing is off, things can bang into each other with serious force.
How many miles on it? Recommendation is to replace at 60k
You could look up the blue book value or maybe Edmond. You can look up the cost of a belt on Auto zone or some part store to see what it costs. A call a couple car repair places and see what they want to repair it and see if it bends the valves when it breaks. If it only skipped a tooth or two it might be OK but probably will not run.
While there are some engines that are designed to live through a broken timing belt, I do not think any of them come from the government car companies. I suspect your daughters Aveo will end up with either a rebuilt engine or in the scrap yard.
Typically a broken timing belt results in bent valves and in some cases damaged heads and pistons.
Your mechanic should be able to turn the engine through and check each cylinder. That should tell the tale.
I suspect your daughter is going to be in the market for another car.
I would humbly suggest a Japanese product. And change that timing belt every 100K miles.
Suggest checking the NADA against the repair cost. Might still be better off to repair over a new note on or purchase of another vehicle. Making that kinda investment though, you’d probably have to drive it ‘till the wheels fell off to break even. Good luck.
Probably not worth it to fix it. As others have said, it is an interference engine meaning that the valves are extended when the pistons are down and will hit the piston if the timing belt isn’t moving them.
Timing belt breakage causes the valves to impact pistons. Almost,always fatal. Put a big V8 in that puppy. It will smoke those 14 inch tires.
Without timing, Comedians families would starve..
Aveo? What the ?? American made no doubt.
Does it have a built-in IPOD?
Break a chain.. Ya might be able to mend it.. Break a belt..
Ehhhh.. Check motorjunkiesrus.com .. Or not..
Good luck.. Strap a confederate flag on it and auction it off.
Put it on craigslist as mechanic a special $600 OBO
My 57 has a chain not a belt and my 67 Camaro I installed gears in my souped up engine.
The reason I bring this up is not to rag on Aveos but because I think the new cars are unfixable. The tradeoff is gas mileage, but I’m working on that.
I’m not a YouTube fan but when my lawnmower conked out I found a YouTube video that showed me exactly how to fix it.