Hi i have a 1990 Twin Turbo Automatic 300zx and yesterday the timing belt snapped! Does anyone have any advice or address of any url's that would tell me what to do next?

How do you know the timing belt has gone without taking anything apart?

 

This should help:

 

http://www.ttzd.com/tech/timingbelt/timingbelt.html

Were you idling or booting it when it snapped mate ?

 

You may well find that if it was under about 2k revs (ie before the variable valve timing kicks in) you haven't done any damage. Fingers crossed !

my boyfriend checked it to make sure, i wasnt booting it any more than normal! Having it checked out tonight. Cheers for reply

OUCH!!!!!!

 

Was you going fast when it happened?

not really i was going round a roundabout, did put my foot down a bit though

First job is to replace the belt and do a compression test - make sure the engine turns over by hand though once the belt is on BEFORE trying to start it ;) Even though the VG30DETT is of an interference type design, it is quite rare to do any damage when the cambelt snaps.... fingers crossed for you ;)

thanks for your help. ill let you know the damage!