belt snapped :(

[alspider]

once again guys thanks for your help and advice.Thankfully this is being resolved now and the garage is going to honor the work and i should have the car back (back to normal) hopefully by the end of the week. At least i will have some money now this month for road tax

 

[imprezaworks]

What are they doing? And fair play

 

[Tin cup]

Nice one

 

[Thrust-Rated]

That's a good thing. Hope all goes well

 

[withoutabix]

once again guys thanks for your help and advice.Thankfully this is being resolved now and the garage is going to honor the work and i should have the car back (back to normal) hopefully by the end of the week. At least i will have some money now this month for road tax

Good outcome then dude but lets just hope they can redeem themselves and do a good job!

but

I can't see it being back by the end of the week especially if the valves have been smashed!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Hats off to them for getting on with it!

 

[Dan@SJM]

Good outcome then dude but lets just hope they can redeem themselves and do a good job!

but

I can't see it being back by the end of the week especially if the valves have been smashed!

Why? It only takes a day to strip and rebuild a head. Plus a few hours each side for removal and refitting.

 

[Rodg241]

Good news that pal

 

[scotty10]

good stuff mate

 

[MicKPM]

Bet it gets an aux belt kit this time lol

 

[s0fty]

That belt does not look new to me...

 

[jameswrx]

That belt does not look new to me...

Certainly doesn't look new does it.

just out of interest.. What causes the aux belts on these to snap? Is it purely a degradation of the belt or is the tensioner to blame? It amazes me on a std engine that the cambelt can be taken out by a broken aux belt! You'd think it'd be well protected.

looking at how second hand that cambelt is in the pics there's always the huge long shot that you run an old cambelt over and it flicked up and took out your aux belt. You never know your cambelt might be all snug hidden away. Or even the garage left the old cambelt in the engine bay and it fell down onto the aux belt. It just looks too old for a new belt.

 

[alspider]

i have finally got the car back and it seems to be running as normal.apparently 14 of the valves had to be replaced and the head skimmed but the pistons were ok. I was telling a workmate about this and he suggested i may have to run the engine in and have it torqued down after 1k miles, will this be the case or will it be ok ? sorry for any spelling punctuation mistakes im on my phone. alex

 

[Fred@BTM]

your mate is wrong, this isn't 1992 anymore

 

[Adamm.]

That's good news mate good on the garage tbh soon got there finger out and sorted it for you.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

i have finally got the car back and it seems to be running as normal.apparently 14 of the valves had to be replaced and the head skimmed but the pistons were ok. I was telling a workmate about this and he suggested i may have to run the engine in and have it torqued down after 1k miles, will this be the case or will it be ok ? sorry for any spelling punctuation mistakes im on my phone. alex

In all seriousness i'd be going to a rolling road to make sure the timing's okay. They fixed it once, they'll fix it again!

 

[sbridgey]

Rolling road? whats the point? just pop it into freds and get him to check it.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

In all seriousness i'd be going to a rolling road to make sure the timing's okay. They fixed it once, they'll fix it again!

Rolling road? whats the point? just pop it into freds and get him to check it.

Did you read that bit?

 

[sbridgey]

yeah, i dont see the point, if it out you have to pay for it to be fixed, you would effectively be paying twice. Its pointless.

 

[Fred@BTM]

na i'm s**t at cam timing :rasp:

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Okay doke.

 

[Beasley Clio182]

na i'm s**t at cam timing :rasp:

:lolup:

 

[alspider]

your mate is wrong, this isn't 1992 anymore

that says it all, my workmate is only into classic cars such as old jags, golfs ect.. :approve:

as for the timing it seems to be running fine from what we can gather so i think i will leave it be and take it a bit steady for the time being to see how it goes.The next thing i need is the pads changing and replace the side repeater cover/lens i have missing then i will be 100% happy

 

[Laine_16v]

Part of me would always be wary booting it, its "supposedly" the belt fialure heads that are more prone to dropping valves unless the entire valvetrain and valve guides are replaced (well thats what the BGA article said).

Glad it's sorted for you though