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 Post subject: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wanted
PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:46 pm 
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My sister-in-law has a 2003 X which just had the timing belt snap. My questions for you 1st genners are:

1 - How catastrophic is the damage usually when the belt breaks?

2 - I can get a used engine for around $8-900 from a junkyard - is it worth the extra hassle to try to get the engine/electricals/computer/fuel system for the supercharged version for a little more?

3 - Are there any other common swaps? Not looking for anything that would require replacing the entire driveline as well.

From the little research I did, the bang-for-the-buck seems to be to just refresh a 3.3 and be done with it.... Curious to see what you guys think?

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:03 pm 
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I have 2003 and my belt snaped sunday night I no damage to nothing I also replaced the pulley .pump thermostat by pass cause it was open got very lucky with my engine not having no damage...and she is back on the road goood luck :cheers:

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:06 pm 
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I know it is an internal belt and if it breaks you can mess up the engine pretty bad. It might be worth having it looked at before getting a new engine because that will cost a lot to drop one in I would imagine. I think Someone blew his and he has a write up on the cost and involvement of dropping a new one in.

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:50 pm 
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Thanks for the replies, guys.

She's got about 135k on the X but doesn't want to fix it if it's going to be mroe than 2k to fix.

I'll have her have it checked out - a timing belt kit is a heck of a lot cheaper than dealing with internal engine issues or a swap.

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:45 pm 
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I don't know about the "internal belt" I guess lol...
But I've seen as many posts saying things were fine after the belt broke as posts saying it was toast because of it. The VG33 is an interference engine.
Meaning there is not enough room for the valves to be open while the pistons come to top dead center. The valves and pistons can come in contact if things are just right. When the timing belt breaks, the valve train stops in whatever position it was in and the pistons try to keep going up and down until the engine stalls.
The potential for damage seems to be related to luck, or lack of it....and how many rpms the engine was turning when it happened. The broken belt itself will not cause any damage.
I wouldn't bother with the supercharger if it were me. If you can find a decent engine with lower miles than hers had I'd stay with what it had. you could check out Nissan Nut's site for other ideas though. He seems to have tried plenty of different things.
Good luck to her!

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:07 pm 
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For a grand you can just buy a whole used first gen!

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:06 am 
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For a grand you can just buy a whole used first gen!

Maybe for a POS.


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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:51 am 
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Mines for sale for a grand! Hahaha. Needs a new tranny.. Steering... A door.. Brake lights.. Head lights... Ummm ya know what. Replace your engine

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 Post subject: Re: 1st Gen with a broken Timing Belt - Options/Opinions Wan
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:55 pm 
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that sucks... :(
you could try a belt just to see if it runs but.
you may have to pull the heads and get valves replaced $$
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car-part.com for a motor.

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