This is an interference engine according to service info. But what happens when a belt breaks is the piston hits whatever valves are open at the time and bends the valves. Those cylinders will lose compression and the engine will crank over very fast because the Starter is only spinning the crankshaft. It's a very noticeable cranking cadence. You can check by putting a socket and breaker bar on the crankshaft pulley and try to turn the engine over by hand. You should be able to rotate it with a bar and socket. It sounds like you installed a remanufactured starter, and the rebuild on it may not have been any good. So, try turning it over by hand first, you should be pushing against compression, so it shouldn't be super easy to turn over. If you can't turn it over by hand, then remove the accessory drive belt and try again. Hopefully this is probably just another bad starter.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 AT 10:29 AM