My 98 2.1TD Executive

[Bailes1992]

I am so tempted to buy this off you and drop a 1.9TD in it but got no way of getting it home and if I do buy it I got no money for a new engine

[HimBigChief]

Yeah got a feeling it's gonna be goosed, but for £20 for a belt I reckon it's worth a punt. Should be fun doing all that work in less than zero degrees in the snow though.

If it is knackered, then I will see what I can find, may get a 406 estate yet, but thinking something Forester/Quattro style 4wd and with LPG. That said, I would consider a HDI110 estate if I can find one cheap, then swap all my bits and pieces over.

[Gary406]

so sorry to hear that mate, after all that hard work as well ....

i would like to put my name on a few things you have

BUT I REALLY HOPE IT WORKS WITH ANOTHER BELT ON IT FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU MATE

[FarmerPug]

sorry to hear the bad news, hope you can fix it. But from the experience of my 110 hdi id say go ahead and buy it, great car.

[NollingtonHards]

After reading about your belt snapping i became paranoid and checked when mine was last done. It was last done on 63000 miles, its now on 128,200 so im due a change pretty much now. I will be driving slow 'til early january when i have the funds to get it changed

[Bailes1992]

After reading about your belt snapping i became paranoid and checked when mine was last done. It was last done on 63000 miles, its now on 128,200 so im due a change pretty much now. I will be driving slow 'til early january when i have the funds to get it changed

If a belts going to snap, dosent matter weather your engines doing 1000rpm or 6000rpm it will just snap

[Doggy]

Best of luck with it chiefy - I vaguely remember someone else having a belt snap on a 2.1 about a year or so back and getting away with fairly minor stuff - here's hoping.

[NollingtonHards]

After reading about your belt snapping i became paranoid and checked when mine was last done. It was last done on 63000 miles, its now on 128,200 so im due a change pretty much now. I will be driving slow 'til early january when i have the funds to get it changed

If a belts going to snap, dosent matter weather your engines doing 1000rpm or 6000rpm it will just snap

I'll take up praying then until its been changed

[Doggy]

It still can't hurt treating it gently Nolly.

[plod]

Fingers crossed for you bud

[mark21TD]

The 2.1 can sometimes get away with a cambelt snapping, It will genrally just snap the rockers and leave the cam in one pice.
whip the cam cover off and have a look, just remember if the valves have gone it's an engine out job to get the head off.

[FarmerPug]

is it pushrod engines that are immune to this

[steve_earwig]

Not really, unless they're very low compression. Perhaps you're thinking sidevalve

[FarmerPug]

or is it vw aircooled and porsche engines, they didnt need a belt just your girlfriends bra.

[steve_earwig]

The only belt on those drives the generator and the cooling fan, the cam is gear-driven so no possibility of valve damage if the belt goes.

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