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I'm in exactly the same situation ... Just rebuilt last Sunday... Just a faint rattle on switch off and firing up... Having read this i know i'm a tooth out on the cam... And think positive the more you do it the quicker you can do it too. Better than throwing over £100 away just to get it reset! Yo...

Sorted.... Whipped off the O/S engine mounting and all was revealed and a lot better access. Cam and fuel pump one tooth out..... Built back up and runs like a dreamh lots of effortless power again! Up for sale shortly either with it's current short MOT... but as i reckon it doesn't need much for a ...

Checked the timing and yes the camshaft and fuel pump appear to have jumped a tooth so i'm now in the process of setting up the timing. All covers off.... but here is my problem .... the 5mm hex locking bolt to allow slackening of the belt seems not to be 5mm ... will it be just a bit tired? or anot...

Going to check the timing all aligns up tomorrow... Usin the MX5 meanwhile n missus is moanin no room 4 d kids... Ahhhh perfect peace! Will report back tomorrow! Regards everyone Rick

Thanks for your replys so far, But I am reluctant to belive that it could be the belt as it has only been changed 10,000 miles ago at 199.000. I wouldnt class it as a mechanical sound but it seems to be comming from the area of inlet manifold / rocker cover leading me to belive that it is some kind ...

Cheers Steve.... I'll give it a good dose of lookin at next weekend..... Sounds very feasible regarding a pipe split or blown off on turbo and i suppose any air leak anywhere will drasticaly affect power n noise! Regards Rick

Driving along suddenly hiccuped strange noises then run on abeit noisier and a bit down on power. Stopped on reaching destination.... Difficult to start without bit of the loud pedal. Following journeys from cold lots of cranking before with a little bit of loud pedal bursts into life then will run ...

Having just fitted a new starter after the old one eventually died completely im still left with a fault thats been there since i bought the car several months ago. Upon attempting to start the car hot or cold after letting the glowplug light extinguish engine turns over no problem but it doesnt kic...

Hi guys n gals.... after much consternation... and noting the way it behaves ( it'll start all week then just not start for a few attempts... yeh sure on these occasions i manually lift the fuel by hand priming... but i can hand prime and still get nothing } I've decided to go for replacing the stop...

Was really chuffed when my cheap purchase (£400) cruised through its MOT. But now though its never failed to start eventually.... Leave car for any length of time and fuel line seems to develop an airlock ( i have to hand prime the fuel system). But like i say sometimes i can leave it all night and ...