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Originally Posted by moms van
Well the other day my wife was driving the 97 villager and as she was pulling up to a light it dies. so after bringing it home i started checking, it is getting fuel, but no spark so after reading several post came to relize it must be timing belt, because i took off the distributor and the rotor does not spin when you crank it. well after reading some more i got concerned that i might have damaged the engine because of the belt breaking. my question is there any way of knowing if ther is damage or should i just replace the belt and hope for the best. thanks for any input, Dave.
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I would replace timing belt, the 3.0 engine to my knowledge is a non-interference engine meaning no damage should have been done. There is clearance between valves and pistons.
When you change the timing belt I suggest you replace water pump and thermostat at the same time since you have to do all of the same work to access water pump.
Here are a couple of sites with timing belt instructions:
Factory Service Manual:
http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/
Scroll down to Quest, click on it and pick year and go to Section EM
Here is a freeonline service manual site:
http://www.oplin.org/databases/proxy...%2fframerq.asp
enter 123456789 for library card number-submit
click on the box with linrary in it and more will appear click on Punlic Library of Cincinnati and submit
Scroll down to auto repair reference center ARRC
choose year, make, model
I did the belt and pump on my 94 and took me about 9hrs.
Hope this helps.