Timing belt change on 2006 Aveo LS: My new detailed write-up

[avguy]

so after driving for roughly 10km the car died. I restarted I and drove it home, died halfway home, restarted it again and put it in the parking lot. I have no idea what is wrong. think im just going to take it to a mechanic. if I drove it there could I damage the engine?

I'm puzzled by what you wrote about tightening the bolts. You said 85 on the harmonic balancer (which should actually be 70 + torque-to-angles of 30 and 15). Did you pin the flywheel in order to get the 85? And, if you used a torque wrench on that bolt, why not also on the motor mount bolts? How about the timing belt components - did you use a torque wrench on those? Hopefully you did, because the timing belt is not a good place for guesswork.


Unless you can determine that it's something else, the possibility exists that something is wrong in the timing belt loop. Therefore, with the further possibility of it getting worse and trashing valves, I'd recommend you have it towed instead of starting it again.