Recent content by davey1343

Yes you have to rotate it twice anticlockwise to equalise the tension across the belt. I checked and double checked when previously building the engine back up when it was out the car and it was fine so no idea what happened.

The noise was a metallic rattling noise heard when I blip the throttle on the second half of the video. Turns out the timing was wrong and the inlet cam had moved out of position. Strange seeing as I did the timing when the engine was out and checked it 4 or 5 times. Have redone the timing...

Right I've tried all I can to eliminate this misfire and horrible noise but I still have no idea what can be causing it. Things I have changed: Injectors Spark Plugs Leads Coil Pack Cam position sensor It also has a brand new Dephaser. The car is running 438 catcams and has a map on it from...

Would I be better off buying a few new valves then?

Yep. Fortunately my girlfriend has an engine that spun a big end bearing... now to sweet talk her into lending me the head :)

Yeah, I'm sure I've bent a valve on cylinder 1 when the cam slipped round. When I was taking it apart on the inlet manifold for cylinder 1 there was black liquid stains which I assume were petrol coming out the inlet. Next step is to take the head off...

Did a compression test this morning. 0 on cylinder 1 120 on cylinder 2 didn't do 3 or 4 as there was no point. Stripped it down bled all the tappets put it back together and it still sounds like an absolute dog :/ Not done another comp test yet but when I had the cams out I was turning the...

Right just reserved a compression tester to pick up tomorrow. I'll keep you updated haha

No, unfortunately I don't have a compression tester but with retrospect when I was turning the crank it was FAR too easy to do. I was doing it with a small 1/2 drive rachet.

Ok, well checked my HT leads and as I suspected they are on the correct way, tried a bit of WD40 still no luck. Going to have a go at the lifers in the morning as I'm pretty certain I've timed it up correctly. Tom once you've drained the lifers do you just put them straight back in or do you...

If i had bent a valve would it be audible, or does it depend how bent it is?

After squeezing the tappets did you fill them with oil or crank the engine over with the coils disconnected to prime them? Cheers

That sounds like it could be possible. Thinking back it didn't feel as their was much compression when I was cranking the engine to check timing.... Thanks for the ideas :)

Yeah of course I did, how else can you change a belt :)

I tensioned it up with all pulleys loose, tightened, turned it over twice tool slipped in lovely. Everything was torqued up correctly, this is my 4th belt change on a F4R and neither have sounded like this before :\ Only thing I can think is that when I was taking the dephaser from the inlet...