1991 Toyota Camry no compression

Tiny
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  • 1991 TOYOTA CAMRY
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I had a friend check out my camry and he said that if the timing chain or (belt) was skipping teeth that it would cause the pistions to not get any compression he said that it looked like it was just spinning 2 of them were not getting any compression and 1 was getting very little could you help
Sunday, September 15th, 2013 AT 11:25 PM

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Tiny
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THis is a belt driven engine, if the belt has failed you will have bent engine valves and the head will have to come off and be over hauled, pull the front engine covers off and check for a failed belt, it may not be broken it may have stripped teeth of it as well.
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Monday, September 16th, 2013 AT 2:32 AM
Tiny
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Not on Camry, Camry don't bent valves if belt is broken or skipped.
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 AT 2:37 AM
Tiny
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Depending on what engine, very early engines were ok, the later were interference engines.
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Friday, January 24th, 2014 AT 4:07 PM

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