corolla problem

deafroadrunner

hey have a question i drive a 99 toyota corolla 1.3 hatchback english. i was driving along and the oil light came on the dash and the engine cut out. any ideas??? i have a full tank of oil too.

barura

Oil pump would be the first thing that comes to mind.

deafroadrunner

barura wrote: »

Oil pump would be the first thing that comes to mind.

Thats what my dad though. I took the timing belt cover off to find the belt ripped to shreads. Was not even 50000 on the belt so fairly sickened.

deafroadrunner

barura wrote: »

Oil pump would be the first thing that comes to mind.

Thats what my dad though. I took the timing belt cover off to find the belt ripped to shreads. Was not even 50000 on the belt so fairly sickened.

Tazio

50k on the belt? I would have thought 45k (miles) would be enough...

Did a broken water pump or tensioner take out the belt?

Either way, you might be in luck, this engine might be a non-interference engine (anyone here know?). If so it'll reduce the cost of repair big-time.

CJhaughey

Is it the 4EFE? They are non interference.

barura

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Thats what my dad though. I took the timing belt cover off to find the belt ripped to shreads. Was not even 50000 on the belt so fairly sickened.

Sorry to hear! What you going to do now?

CJhaughey

barura wrote: »

Sorry to hear! What you going to do now?

The engine will be fine, Find what caused the belt to break and fix that.
Fit a new T-belt and you will be away again!

barura

Hey! OP changed their name! :P

deafroadrunner

CJhaughey wrote: »

Is it the 4EFE? They are non interference.

Yes its it 4efe. Sorry i dont understand what you mean by non interferance?? I spoke to a couple of guys and when i told them what happened they said i could prob of damaged the valves or pistions. My father said it 2 as he has experaince form workin in a dealership for years. Ive picked up a second hand engine for 250. And i guna change the timing belt on that and il do the clutch too. Il strip the other engine down and find out what caused the problem.

Tazio

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/engines.html

E39MSport

Means that nothing will have got smashed up inside the engine. Just needs a new belt and timing set. Should find out what caused the belt to go as per above (tensioner/pump etc) and get that sorted too.

CJhaughey

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Yes its it 4efe. Sorry i dont understand what you mean by non interferance??

Interference means if the t-belt breaks then the pistons can hit the valves.
Non-interference means that if the belt breaks then no damage usually results.
I wouldn't buy another engine just yet, there's no need yet as your one should be fine.

deafroadrunner

CJhaughey wrote: »

Interference means if the t-belt breaks then the pistons can hit the valves.
Non-interference means that if the belt breaks then no damage usually results.
I wouldn't buy another engine just yet, there's no need yet as your one should be fine.

i have gotten it already just to be on safe side when i have the engine out il go over it and if it turns out to be sound il sell it on as there only 100k on it. it just seemed like the simpleir option haha. if the machinics had told about the non interferance thing i wouldn't have bothered.

Nissan doctor

The 4A-FE engines are non interference.


The 4E-FE is an interference engine.

A 99 corolla uses the 4E engine.

deafroadrunner

Nissan doctor wrote: »

The 4A-FE engines are non interference.


The 4E-FE is an interference engine.

A 99 corolla uses the 4E engine.

We didn bother changing the engine coz ut turned out no damage was done. We reckon the belt snapped due to age. But i need a new engine pulley for the altenator belt as its damaged.

L-M

Nissan doctor wrote: »

The 4A-FE engines are non interference.


The 4E-FE is an interference engine.

A 99 corolla uses the 4E engine.

deafroadrunner wrote: »

We didn bother changing the engine coz ut turned out no damage was done. We reckon the belt snapped due to age. But i need a new engine pulley for the altenator belt as its damaged.

I'm confused, were you just lucky so?

Nissan doctor

deafroadrunner wrote: »

We didn bother changing the engine coz ut turned out no damage was done. We reckon the belt snapped due to age. But i need a new engine pulley for the altenator belt as its damaged.

How did you check that no damage was done? Have you started the engine?

deafroadrunner

Limerick man wrote: »

I'm confused, were you just lucky so?

i dont know about luck haha. if she was an interferance engine i reckon it shoud be f**ked cause we tried starting loads of times before realiseing what was wrong. engine is running sound now just need a pulley though

deafroadrunner

Nissan doctor wrote: »

How did you check that no damage was done? Have you started the engine?

we changed the timing belt. then we took out the spark plugs and did a compression test. once we were happy with that we put the plugs back in and started it then. was perfect.

Nissan doctor

deafroadrunner wrote: »

we changed the timing belt. then we took out the spark plugs and did a compression test. once we were happy with that we put the plugs back in and started it then. was perfect.

If it drives properly with no power issues or flat spots then you've been very blessed.

L-M

Nissan doctor wrote: »

If it drives properly with no power issues or flat spots then you've been very blessed.

Google says the E is a non interference?

deafroadrunner

Nissan doctor wrote: »

If it drives properly with no power issues or flat spots then you've been very blessed.

well guy that did it seemed to know his stuff reali well. saved my mother having to get a altenator for a cilo. they wanted 500 euro to fix it. when all it was, was the tensioner. all i need now is to get my hands on one of these

Frankie Lee

I always thought they were non-interference too until a couple of months ago when we had one break and I checked the auto data book. There was no damage done though.

Nissan doctor

Limerick man wrote: »

Google says the E is a non interference?

Autodata says it is......I've seen one or two things that Autodata had wrong though so possibly...

CJhaughey

It doesn't take much to make a non-interference engine into an interference one.
Small carbon deposits can cause the valves to contact the piston.

deafroadrunner

can any1 tell me from the pictures what the actually name of what im looking for so i can starting ringing around tomorrow

Nissan doctor

deafroadrunner wrote: »

can any1 tell me from the pictures what the actually name of what im looking for so i can starting ringing around tomorrow

It looks like the crank shaft pulley.

CJhaughey

What size is the pulley? There are a couple of different sizes IIRC.