Just broken down aux belt part gone...

[JB21]

Car is on its way to have its belts done and it' gone, what are the odds! Unsure of damage. It just died spluttering and found part of my aux belt gone.

 

[JB21]

Looks like an idler has failed. Belt still on at the top but looks worse lower down hanging on my a 1/4 of the belt.

 

[barnesautos]

Has the outer edge of the belt parted company , or has the inner part of the belt ? , it looks like the belt has drifted over into the engine .

Such bad luck
If it died and lost power - it doesn’t sound good .

Naturally it’ll need investigating . Sad [emoji17] times

 

[JB21]

Outer edge towards the wing, but looks worn outer and inner on the lower pulley but it is still in one piece as far as I can see.

 

[Mr R.]

I bet the bit of the belt has found it's way into the crank pulley and taken the cambelt out or slipped the timing.

 

[barnesautos]

It’ll be the torn bits off the belt that find there way in to the timing belt and cause the engine to fail .

 

[JB21]

No metallic sound of the engine chewing itself up but you can't tell without opening it up I know. I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.

 

[Goodj]

172 did that. Out of the blue, the actual alternator bracket gave out.

Made zero difference to the engine itself.

 

[JamesBryan]

Bloody hell mate that is s**t luck!

Hopefully it's ok and Carl can sort it.

 

[bloke]

belt has jumped and no compression :disrelieved:

it was coming in for cams so at least a head swap won't add much more to the bill and only about 45 minutes to the job but just seeing what heads i can find and take it from there.

 

[General Dave]

Unbelievable luck!! Hopefully sorted quickly for you.

 

[JamesBryan]

😢

At least it's in good hands.

 

[imprezaworks]

It’s with the right person so that’s a start .

 

[JB21]

As Carl said above its slipped its timing. Cams are moving when turned over but no compression so probably took all the valves with it. And to add insult to injury the AA guy sheared the tow eye, lol.

Dunno what to do now, break or new head?

 

[imprezaworks]

See what Carl says or has that can sort it?

 

[JamesBryan]

Should definitely put the lottery on this week. Can't imagine what the odds would be for it going on the way to get the belts done...

 

[JB21]

Should definitely put the lottery on this week. Can't imagine what the odds would be for it going on the way to get the belts done...

Haha I know yeah, just one track day to many!

 

[Phil M]

Exactly what happened to mine, unlucky Phil.

 

[JB21]

Exactly what happened to mine, unlucky Phil.

Unlucky Phil's, lol.

 

[bloke]

Unlucky Phil's, lol.

it gets worse with phil's. remember i said i bent some valves on a head when i was putting it back on...

 

[JB21]

it gets worse with phil's. remember i said i bent some valves on a head when i was putting it back on...

Oh s**t!

 

[Phil M]

it gets worse with phil's. remember i said i bent some valves on a head when i was putting it back on...

That's me, unlucky Phil.

 

[bloke]

i mixed the cams up when i took them out and didn't notice when i was building the head up, only spotted it when i was trying to tighten the cam cover up BUT didn't even think about the fact i'd bent any valves until i'd build it all back up and was just about to start it, reached in to turn the key and just had an 'oh s**t' moment before i even turned the key!!

 

[JamesBryan]

i mixed the cams up when i took them out and didn't notice when i was building the head up, only spotted it when i was trying to tighten the cam cover up BUT didn't even think about the fact i'd bent any valves until i'd build it all back up and was just about to start it, reached in to turn the key and just had an 'oh s**t' moment before i even turned the key!!

Was it a "fuckin t**t" moment? 😂

 

[bloke]

Was it a "fuckin t**t" moment? 😂

something on those lines, seem to remember calling myself a r****d among other names

 

[JB21]

i mixed the cams up when i took them out and didn't notice when i was building the head up, only spotted it when i was trying to tighten the cam cover up BUT didn't even think about the fact i'd bent any valves until i'd build it all back up and was just about to start it, reached in to turn the key and just had an 'oh s**t' moment before i even turned the key!!

Fills me with confidence this Carl, hahaha...

 

[bloke]

Fills me with confidence this Carl, hahaha...

erm.............

 

[JB21]

OK so the car is going into Carl for a ph1 head he has lying around as well as 197 cams as originally planned. Was all for breaking it this morning and never doing track days again 😂

 

[JamesBryan]

OK so the car is going into Carl for a ph1 head he has lying around as well as 197 cams as originally planned. Was all for breaking it this morning and never doing track days again 😂

I was looking for a cheap front bumper as well :tonguewink:

 

[bloke]

I was looking for a cheap front bumper as well :tonguewink:

i had my eye on his coilovers

 

[JB21]

Feckin vultures! It will live again...

 

[Fletcher]

Nightmare. Glad to hear you’re going to fix it though.

 

[Brendan2234]

Haha, I was so paranoid about doing the same when refitting my cams I set all the pistons to 1/2 way up the bores and didn't move them until the cam covers were fully on and timing tools in place then very gingerly turned the engine round to tdc on no.1 :smile:

I've absolutely hated every minute of working on this engine and hope I never have to touch it again!:tongueout:

 

[Darren S]

Proper s**t luck there @JB21!

I've actually thought about mine on the way to having the belts done...... "What if a belt went now?"

You're living proof that unfortunately, these things do happen. :anguished:

 

[JB21]

Proper s**t luck there @JB21!

I've actually thought about mine on the way to having the belts done...... "What if a belt went now?"

You're living proof that unfortunately, these things do happen. :anguished:

Yep, seriously unlucky but sh*t happens.