Last Saturday night, I took a different way home from spending time with some new friends. Long story short, I had much less weight in the trunk after emptying it out to replace the sender and the carpet. I spun a tire while starting to accelerate from ~45 up to 55 for the highway and started to list a little sideways. Before I could react, I hit a seam that acted like a speedbump. That broke the second tire loose.

I wound up hitting the wall on the far side of the freeway nearly head-on. Airbag deployed, and the subframe/bumper shock mounts folder the bumper bar up into the lights. The lights/reflectors were annihilated, and the streetlight was intermittently out above me. My car was fully blocking one lane on a long blind curve.
I grabbed my one flare and struggled to start it. I waved it at oncoming traffic to keep a second accident from happening.

I walked away unharmed, though sore on my sternum and back for a few days, and coughing airbag propellant the next morning. I'm really glad I had a flare!

Anyway, I had no collision insurance of course, and now I am out a car and pretty broke. The engine was still running and miraculously, none of the radiators seem damaged at all. The fans both spin freely and don't make contact anywhere. I'm trying to sell the engine, turbo/manifold, and downpipe/Cat. Not that this is a for sale ad, but I'm in Portland, OR if anyone wants it.

The real question I have is that I found an 89 (4 sealed headlights! I love it!) and I want it. Somehow it has ABS and an airbag, but it is a 16-valve. I know a little about them, mostly horror stories about broken timing belts, and it has a front cam seal leaking like a sieve all over the timing belt and the water pump seals.

I've been through the FAQ. Everything looks fine except this:
Had a 2-3-2 code, no doubt because of a pretty severe exhaust leak from the manifold to the twin-pipe downpipe. It was running more than a little roughly at first, but clearing the code helped.

The oil leak concerns me. I am broke (read no idea how I'm paying rent next month), but may have a job offer in a couple days. For the cost of a seal set for the water pump and the cams. However... Does this mean I need to do a full timing belt job? I peeked at the belt, and they look almost brand new through the crack. I believe it said Dayco, which is not OEM.

I replaced a cam seal on my 8-valve, and I just used a ziptie and some weight to keep the belt from moving. This time, I don't know if I can do that or if it will get me by for a few months to do that.

What are the secrets of a happy 16-valve? Am I rolling the dice that much if I do the seal now and the belts in a few months? The oil pretty much sticks to the head as it leaks down... is that enough to degrade the belt?

Also, what type (weight) of oil do these picky hydraulic lifters need? I ran 15w-40 Diesel oil in my motorcycle and 740T. I think that would be wrong to use here.

Happy Bricking ... may you never need your airbags.