Topic: Belt cut into timing cover - correct procedure?
2007 Impreza 2.5i, some number of miles over 100k.
Friend calls me on my way home last night "My car is making a weird noise, can you look at it?"
I diverted (I was 30 seconds away anyway) and found this:
Air conditioning pulley exploded. the belt was still sufficiently tight (GEE I WONDER WHY THE PULLEY EXPLODED) that the crank continued to drive it until it cut through the timing cover.
I cut the belt and yanked it out - looks like it NARROWLY missed intersecting with the brand new timing belt.
What's the correct procedure here? Obviously I'm just going to slap duct tape on the timing cover until parts come in, but is it worth ordering a new timing cover (not terribly expensive) and going through the hassle to replace it? Plastic shavings?
Or 'be paranoid and do the timing belt again, it's cheaper than valves'.
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