My Car suddenly died.....

Well, for those in the know, this is a horrible title.

Anyway, the thing is, my car's timing belt broke. It snapped this morning while I was on my way to my customer in Cheras. I did not hear the "pop" sound of the belt snapping but there was a loud whining noice and then, the engine died. So, since we're on top of the flyover, I guided my car downhill, until we reached to a safe spot where where pushed it away from the traffic.

I called my mechanic and he came after an hour and told me that the timing belt has snapped.

So I called AAM to have it towed. After an hour, the guy came but on a bike. After some checking, he also confirmed the timing belt has snapped. So he called fo the tow-truck. Sigh.

After another hour, the tow-truck came and we reached the workshop by 1410. (3 hours) I was not happy because the belt snapped prematurely. Averagely, it would last me up to 70,000Km on average but this one failed at 40,000Km. Luckily I was driving at 50Km/h or so (I was busy teaching my technician while driving, la)

Opening the cover, you can see the belt which prematurely snapped at 40,oooKm


My car was too low for the tow truck's crane
So he had to borrow my jack


And just to be safe, he locked my left wheel


After so many bumps, my car is still with us


We had to use some rubber blocks to remove the crane


In the middle of the road, it became the area's talk of the hour


Opening the engine block, the damge is not so severe


But from this picture, the valves are gone


Here a closer look but I did not shoot the ones where
the piston hit them


Thank goodness the pistons are ok

So far, after some dicussions with the crew, the damage are:
1) valves are shot
2) gasket needs to be changed
3) Radiator needs to be flushed
4) Engine oil needs to be changed
5) More belts to change, plus the main culprit
6) Spark plug cables melted (might as well do it now)
7) 2-year old battery needs to be re-charged but needs to be monitored

That was one bad news. The other was that while I was calling AAM, I was so busy that I dropped my wallet (after they asked me for my AAM number), someone walked behind me and took it. Luckily, with the help of my friend, we found my wallet intact behind some distbins but minus the cash. Still that was one big relief. Imagine the hassle I would have to go through to cancel my Credit card, report for both my MyKAD and Driver's License, the ATM cards, etc.

Like both my friend and Wife said, I need to go to a temple and pray. Sigh