here is a video of us trying to start the vehicle. It does occasionally backfire while attempting to start but didn’t in this particular video.

Could the clear oil in the driver's side floor be break fluid leaking through the booster? When the belt wrapped around the pulleys could it have pressed on the timing cover causing the timing belt to skip a tooth or so? June Hi June, we will check on the break fluid from the booster. As far as the...

abscate wrote: ↑04 Jul 2018, 17:03 I suspect the tensioner is the wrong part

The SERP belt won’t prevent starting so you should follow the nostart thread

As far as the tensioner and belt that is definitely our issue for a chewed belt, but we can’t figure out the no start. I’ll look for that thread, thanks.

My 1994 850 cut out going over a speed bump and now won’t start. The serpentine belt was half shredded with pieces wrapped around pulleys. My tensioner is not in line with the belt I just realized after replacing the belt but all pulleys spin freely so I don’t see this keeping the car from starting,...