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2000 Hyundai Elantra Not starting
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wildhorses
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Sep 25, 2013, 8:45 PM
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I have a 2000 Hyundai Elantra ...I took it to a mechanic after my timing belt broke..He told me the valves got bent and i need a whole new engine or spend $1000 to fix it.. it sounds like it is trying to turn over but just wont...Is this really a bent valve or could it be somthing else??? Plz help its my only car and I am desperate
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nickwarner
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Sep 26, 2013, 2:44 AM
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Your mechanic is right. This is an interference engine so if the timing belt breaks the valves will be bent by the moving piston. This engine should've had its timing belt serviced at 60,000 miles like Hyundai calls for in its maintenance schedule. Thats why they put it in the owners manual as well as online and why the dealers all recommend it when you come in for service on it and they see the miles. They are trying to keep this from happening to you. Trouble is, most everybody just looks at the price of a timing belt job done with the proper parts and thinks its a ripoff and they don't really need it. Hyundai's engineers made the recommendation to change it at 60,000 miles because they knew that after that the belt could be prone to breaking which would cause the dilemma you are in now. The car manufacturers don't make a single dime off any of the maintenance or repairs and have no financial benefit from telling you that it needs to be done. They do so because they have determined through very expensive testing that certain parts must be changed at certain times to keep the vehicle reliable and keep one part from wrecking another part when it fails.
Sorry to see you are in a bind like this. Expensive things never come up when you have the money to take care of them it seems. Please learn from this and make sure in the future you follow your factory maintenance schedule. If you lose your owners manual any dealer can get you one and its available online at the manufacturers website. I went to Hyundai's site to find yours.
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Hammer Time
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Sep 26, 2013, 3:00 AM
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Yep, here is what Hyundai says
On 1995 & prior models, replace at 60,000 mile intervals. On 1996 & later models, inspect every 30,000 miles or 24 months, replace every 60,000 miles or 48 months.
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We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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nickwarner
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Sep 26, 2013, 3:05 AM
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I should start saving cylinder head job invoices and make a little display for them. Maybe I'd sell more timing belt jobs if people could see what it would cost to not do it.
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Hammer Time
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Sep 26, 2013, 3:08 AM
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Yep, post them right up there with all those people that said .......... "I saw the temperature go up but I had to get to my destination. What do you mean i need a new engine?"
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