2003 Toyota Avalon Timing belt camshaft grear

2003 TOYOTA AVALON
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EDTIGER
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2003 Toyota Avalon 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic

the camshaft grear on the right side of the engine broke off causing the belt to break would need a new camshaft and could my valve be bent
Nov 9, 2008 at 7:47 PM
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Hi there,

You should be able to extract the broken bolt and the cam should be serviceable, the bad news is the engine will have bent valves, you will have to check all cylinders.

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 9, 2008 at 7:55 PM
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can i do a compresion test to check if the vavle are bent
Nov 9, 2008 at 8:01 PM
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Yes you can, but you will have to re time the engine and fit a new belt first.

Mark (mhpautos)
Nov 9, 2008 at 8:18 PM
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if i would get a shop to fix the belt how much u think it would ru u think
Nov 9, 2008 at 8:38 PM