Engine has been hit on my 05 liberty gt - need help

[vadercelica]

hey guys basically crashed my 05 liberty gt...... im after a diagram on how to put the timing belt properly so i can turn over the engine..... any diagrams for the 05 liberty engine bay timing belt.... how its supposed to be set up.... 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th..... the firing order etc.......

whats the best way to fix the engine if the timing belt has skipped after the accident ....

any help please

[GT_Tony]

ouch, take it to a mechanic immediatly.. dont want to fiddle around with things like the timing. one or two teeth out = major engine damage

[vadercelica]

indeed i know it may be a problem ..... hence why im looking for engine set up diagram ( timing belt etc )..... might need a rebuild or new heads i think

[ultrablue]

http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4686
you can down load the service manual from this post

[tangcla]

What did you do? You gotta share now

[vadercelica]

http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4686
you can down load the service manual from this post

which exact diagram am i looking at for the timing belt.... i cant seem to find it in the section a or b of the diagrams :@

[ultrablue]

http://www.tangcla.com/temp/bl5/referen ... on%201.pdf

page 130

[vadercelica]

http://www.tangcla.com/temp/bl5/reference/AUDM%20Legacy/Gen%20IV%20-%20Engine%20Section%201.pdf

page 130

my dad said that isnt the timing belt for the 05 liberty gt 2.0L turbo..... he said engine bay looks dif to that

[vadercelica]

its got 2 heads with 2 cam shafts on each one (so 4 in total) (intake and exhaust valves on one side).... and centre engine shaft....... etc.... that diagram looks like dif engine

[ultrablue]

sorry this will make your dad happier

[vadercelica]

sorry this will make your dad happier

that looks about right ill show him 2nyt... thank u my friend big help

[vadercelica]

ok got it all aligned.... and it sparked up today ..... so this is the problem ... the right head... sounds like the valves are fkd.... rattling... how much will reconditioning a head cost me (valves i heard are $50 each brand new and 8 in there so thats $400 + Labour) ???

[swingn]

I'd say the labour costs are going to be rather high.

I'm no expert, but from what I've heard, I reco kit for the EJ20 isn't worth much money... But the labour could be anywhere from $3500 - $6000. Considering you situation, if I were you, I'd be making sure everything internally was ship shape, even if it did cost a bit of extra coin... Your dealing with what is essentially the heart of your car

I have to ask, how come your not just going through insurance? Sounds like the prang wasn't minor & you could be up for a bit of cash to repair.

[vadercelica]

didnt have insurane... and labour will not cost 3.5 - 6k i could rebuild my whole engine for 5k... i could buy a brand new engine for 3.5k....... im allocating about 1.5k for rebuild on head and reco....... give me 5k and i could forge it easy

[Kevlar GT]

didnt have insurane... and labour will not cost 3.5 - 6k i could rebuild my whole engine for 5k... i could buy a brand new engine for 3.5k....... im allocating about 1.5k for rebuild on head and reco....... give me 5k and i could forge it easy

Good luck with getting your car fixed. I think you have under estimated some of the figures. 3.5k for a brand new engine, please tell me where and I will buy one as a spare just in case. That is unless it is your dad that is going to be rebuilding everything for you?? Mind you if he was going to be doing it I'd want him to be more up to speed than requesting a timing belt diagram from here.

A major service is over a $1000 on it's own and that doesn't involve anywhere near what you are going to have to look at doing.