Whoops I did it again,
I've been a bit too quiet on here lately!
I saw a very slight fray on the drivebelt but work pressure stopped me from replacing it for two days.
Having replaced the cambelt &tensioners, alternator,crank pulley and drivebelt tensioner all in the last 30k I thought I'd be ok but No! I was pushing my luck again......And..On the way to buy the new belt......
Accellerating full throttle in 2nd at 4000revs, half of the drivebelt let go and entered the cambelt cover with the usual disastrous consequences. And on the way to school with an exam 30mins later. Wasnt far from home so ran back and grabbed the wife's tonka toy ( a City Rover with a Pug engine) and made it on time , to my step daughters relief..just.
So the AA towed me in and when it got stripped down , all 8 cam followers were smashed, a valve spring snapped and two sets of collets gone. One set dropping into the valve seat area. The engines done 220k so I'd fully expected to get a new one.
Luckily ..All the valves and pistons remained intact and £500 quid later we were back on the road again. Now this has happened twice on the same engine so I guess it proves the hardiness of them. Still got the hissy turbo but i can live with it yet still doing 37-8 mpg taxiing. A 1.9 would have given much more notice but not survived so I'm lucky I suppose!
Shortly I'll be doing the strut bearings and wing swopover so I'll put some pix up for you.
If you want to see the motor itself...google maps it up using 'Chester Gorse stacks' on the maps tap and see it at work on 'street view'.
I saw the google camera car going past an gave them the finger but they've blanked me out!! lol
tony
They will survive......
Moderator: Moderators
-
Welly
- The moderator formally known as Welton
- Posts: 15033
- Joined: Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:52 pm
- Location: East Midlandfordshire
Re: They will survive......
That sounds a nightmare!
It must have been the higher revs to cause that much damage as when then go at low revs you can sometimes get away with far less work. At least you got it sorted though in the end and a warning to us all for sure! just shows you what damage a £20.00 aux belt can do
It must have been the higher revs to cause that much damage as when then go at low revs you can sometimes get away with far less work. At least you got it sorted though in the end and a warning to us all for sure! just shows you what damage a £20.00 aux belt can do
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
-
swiss
- 3.0 24v
- Posts: 1000
- Joined: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:34 pm
- Location: IM IN UR FACEBOOK ADING TEH STRANGES
Re: They will survive......
Bangernom1cs spotted here
The man with no car
"Close the door on your way out, and don't forget your monkey."
"Close the door on your way out, and don't forget your monkey."
-
bangernom1cs
- 2.0 16v
- Posts: 182
- Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:00 pm
Re: They will survive......
Lol!
I'm a bit embarrased.......that shirt...
Must've been taken after the AA took the car in...
Ive seen a street image of some one making out at the side of the road somewhere..not me!
T
I'm a bit embarrased.......that shirt...
Must've been taken after the AA took the car in...
Ive seen a street image of some one making out at the side of the road somewhere..not me!
T