CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING,will not restart ,crank shaft very hard to turn by hand with all belts off timing belt and timing marks are perfect.3.0l camry

Mr. CORNEL, according to what you have said, one thing is possible,with oil level ok,battery good, means that the problem you face is that the Oil Pressure Pump lost the pressure strength and cause the Crank shaft as not enough Oil to get lubricated sufficiently,cause the crank and rod bearings to seized on the crank shaft and that's why you do have hard turnings. In other words the engine seized and must call you mechanic to help and advise. The Red Light blinking before was the warning to that something was wrong with the oil pressure.

Did you remove the spark plugs? If you're fighting the compression of the engine it'll be almost impossible to turn by hand. If what you're getting at is you think the engine is ceased, the temperature would probably have shot up while driving and the car would have become progressively more sluggish, requiring more and more accelerator pedal to maintain speed, until it died.

it is simple my dear Mr.Flemming. Before you remove the timing belt just be sure the car is working fine without any problem,remove the alternator belt and power steering belt,remove the timing cover and by hand hand using a socket and ratchet turn clockwise to align the marks on the crank shaft and camshaft ( if you have marks.) if not do practical point by removing the first spark plug and by putting in a thin screwdriver turn slowly slowly watching the screwdriver to come out showing the top end of piston and also check the camshaft to have the last piston valves to be on balance. there you can put at the end of the camshaft a bracket thick according to the camshaft end grove . doing so you lock the camshaft.Mark with paint the crank position on the timing belt side sprocket.then you loose the timing tensioner and remove the cam belt. check about the seals of crank shaft and camshaft not leaking if so renew them.renew the tensioner and the belt. tightening the belt on the tensioner there are two tiny holes by using a tool fitted in the holes go clockwise tightening checking with hand the belt tension just the belt could turn on side slightly- and tight the nut. If tension is correct, remove the bracket from the camshaft and do turn two times clockwise and check whether the marks are aligned. Good luck.

The pistons dont hit the valves on this engine so if the belt broke you should be able to just replace it. I cant remember the timing marks off hand but the crank definatelly has a notch that lines up with a mark on the timing case. I think under the crank gear, I think the cam lines up upright. At least you cant do engine damage if you get it wrong.

I'd pull the timing belt cover and check the engine timing and belt condition. It could've slipped that badly if the camshaft pulley slipped past the pin. The thing that concerns me is not getting compression - it sounds like the top end is out of time with the crank - venting compression.

Don't crank that engine over is the first thing you do. Take out th eplugs and turn the engine by hand to it's marks. Take the belt off, check it for marks, yes, no? If no, how about the old one? Does it have marks on it? Match them up to the new one. and make marks, , turn the left cam over to it's mark, does it have two? Turn the other side over to it's mark. put the belt on, crank mark on the crank mark, cam marks on the cam marks, don't line up? It should, If the engine hits the valves, you will have to turn the cams at the same time by hand so they don't hit, don't force anything, if you get the belt on there without moving the engine, spin it around a couple times to make sure it stays on it's marks. I hope you didn't do any damage already by trying to start it. Hope this helps.

if it cranking really fast like a sewing machine,then good chance it is timing belt .you can take off the top cover and have someone crank the engine and watch the camshaft turn .if not timing belt.otherwise could be ignition .

check your timing belt; it is probably broken; then: re-time the camshaft pulley with the crankshaft pulley (line up the marks on the new belt) and, install a new one

REMOVED ALL BELTS, WATER PUMP FAN, SHROUD AND PULLEY.
REMOVE TIMING COVER REMOVE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY.
. PUT ENGINE IN TOP DEAD CENTER SO YOU CAN SEE TIMING MARKS. REVERSE PROCEDURE. GOOD LUCK

there are 2 points on the crank and on the drive shaft that have to be lined up and then you put the belt on with the lined up point to point.the belt does not have to be marked