# Timing belt broke in 2000 Toyota Camry **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, camry\ **Created:** [February 18, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901 "2019-02-18T18:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertsway2002\_148463](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@robertsway2002\_148463](https://community.cartalk.com/u/robertsway2002_148463)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/1 "2019-02-18T18:00:15Z")
timing beltbroke. Mechanic turning pulley to set up timing belt and engine will not turn full 360 degrees. what is wrong ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/2 "2019-02-18T18:04:31Z")
When a timing belt breaks it causes catastrophic engine damage . Did your mechanic not explain this to you ? Most likely you need a new engine or at least a used one. On a 19 year old vehicle I doubt if the expense is worth it. ---
**Author:** ![robertsway2002\_148463](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@robertsway2002\_148463](https://community.cartalk.com/u/robertsway2002_148463)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/3 "2019-02-18T18:06:46Z")
this is a non-interferance engine which is suppose not to get damaged ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/4 "2019-02-18T18:10:49Z")
This isn’t an interference engine. Usually that means damage doesn’t occur if the belt breaks. Usually, not always. In your case I’d say the broken belt damaged your engine. Agree with @VOLVO_V70, probably not worth fixing on a 19 year old car. ---
**Author:** ![robertsway2002\_148463](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@robertsway2002\_148463](https://community.cartalk.com/u/robertsway2002_148463)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/5 "2019-02-18T18:24:53Z")
any ideas on exactly what could be internally damaged? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/6 "2019-02-18T18:56:06Z")
You will just have to pay the mechanic to open it up to see what is damaged . Then you decide if the cost is what you want to spend. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/7 "2019-02-18T19:15:14Z")
Exactly, no, likely bent valves and maybe a hole in a piston ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/8 "2019-02-20T04:08:13Z")
It is also possible that something like dropping a valve or a broken rod seized your engine and broke the belt. Did this engine stop on the road or were you just having a timing belt replaced ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/9 "2019-02-20T04:19:23Z")
Is the engine out of motor oil? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/10 "2019-02-20T04:35:40Z")
I concur, the 2.2L 5s-fe engine appears to be a freewheeler (non-interference) design. hmmm . so what’s the problem? … I guess the first step is to make sure there isn’t something else besides engine internals preventing the crankshaft from turning, like an accessory or the transmission. Generally when replacing the timing belt the spark plugs are removed & everything else on the crankshaft pulley path is already isolated, and only the crankshaft and camshaft pulleys and maybe tensioners are involved during the timing belt install. There’s always the other end of the crankshaft where it meets up w/the transmission. Make sure the trans in is neutral of course. Maybe pulling the starter and taking a peek at the flywheel while trying to manually turn the engine is worth doing. Seems unlikely, but poking a wooden dowel into the spark plug holes one by one and watching what happens when turning the crankshaft might provide a clue. In some engines classified as non-interference, while the pistons can’t interfere with the valves normally, the valves can interfere w/each other. Maybe something like that happened and has bent a valve to the point it is now interfering w/the piston. Not everyone agrees if an engine is interference or not also. AllData says the Toyota 4afe is interference, but Gates says it is non-interference. Engine is being manually turned in the correct direction, right? If after all that, no explanation, I don’t see any alternative is left than removing the cylinder head. Or just replacing the engine. ---
**Author:** ![spider-man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spider-man/32/2451_2.png) [@spider-man](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spider-man)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-broke-in-2000-toyota-camry/134901/11 "2019-02-23T02:58:31Z")
bring back timing chain.