Car died, now it won't start

Maintenance/Repairs
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Hi, I have a 1989 Toyota Camry station wagon. I was driving it tonight on a slow neighborhood street and it just died. When I tried to start it back up, it won’t start. I have power, all lights and things at full strength. When trying to start it it makes a high-pitched whirring screeching sound. I don’t know where the starter is located, but the sound seems to be coming from around the spark plugs or behind/under them. If anyone has any idea where I might start, I would be eternally grateful. I gotta get this fixed as cheaply as possible.

Thanks

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An 89 Toyota? If the timing belt hasn’t been serviced, it might need it now.

Tester

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It can be different things, but if it cranks (turns over) but sounds very strange in doing so, a broken timing belt is as good a guess as any…You can go to the Gates Timing Belt Replacement Guide and see if you have an “interference” or Non-interference" engine…Thankfully, most Toyota’s are non-interference engines…Cheap? Not very often. Figure $300 and up before you are back on the road…