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[90GSX]

Ok, driving my 90 GSX today, the car kinda sounded like it had an exhaust leak, and at higher (normal cruising) rpms the sound would go away. Well pulling into my gfs driveway this afternoon the sound just got louder so i revved it up with the clutch depressed and let off it, and when i did, the car died. So i go to restart it, but to no avail. i can hear the starter spinning, and when i do so, sounds like its not getting compression and i can hear a clanking noise. i pulled of the top timing cover and the belt is attached and will spin the cam gears, so the belt didnt break. I wonder if it maybe slipped time. im gonna start looking tomorrow night, just wondering if anyone had any ideas of things i should also check. Thanks

[90GSX]

well for now i do have a car i can drive, so downtime really isnt a problem. I unfortunatly still owe money on this car. I figured i may as well just rebuild it, 180,000 miles on it. I dont really wanna temp fix just to have something happen again. Would it be best to find a used head and have it cleaned and such or just replace the valves (most likely bent) and have it cleaned and machined? Im living in quincy IL, so unless i can get a super good deal, i will probably have to have someone local work on it, i would probably put it together myself, but machining will be done by someone. This car is (was) a daily driver and it will be when i do get it fixed. Well the compression guage doesnt move when i crank it over and the timing belt is just flopping around and the cam gears are no longer timed together according to the marks, so it is my guess the tensioner went out of it.