1994 Toyota Camry Timimg Belt

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1994 TOYOTA CAMRY
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
136,000 MILES

Camry made a huge explosion type sound on the highway and then the engine shut off. I was driving at 70 mph in second gear by accident. It felt like something slammed into something else. Two mechanics said that it sounded liike I snapped the timing belt bec of how I was driving in 2 gear. I bought the car used and the prev owner said that he had changed the timing belt at 90000 miles. What do I do? Engine does not start.

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MHPAUTOS

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Hi there, take off the top front timing belt cover and see if the belt has failed, do this and re post for advice on what to do next.

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Monday, December 15th, 2008 AT 11:58 PM

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Yes Mark I took off the cover and the belt looks fine. But would I be able to SEE if the belt snapped or maybe it just lost some teeth or maybe it is broken but I can;t see it.

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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 AT 12:03 AM

MHPAUTOS

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Check the timing marks, with the crank shaft on TDC No1 there is a small hole in the cam gear at around 11-00 o'clock position it should line up with a scribed line on the backing plate, if this is ok let me know and well look into it a bit further, also try and get a comp test done as well and post the results.

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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 AT 3:00 AM

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