Hi i hav`nt got the car home to check it yet, dont no where belt was done and i dont no
if it was a full change or just the belt. If it has broken what are the chances of the engine
being ok.
Thanks Pete
If it is cambelt failure, and you are lucky, you might get away with just replacing the cylinder heads. (You could put new valves in and rebuild them, which I suspect Mark would do, but the cheaters way on a car of that age (no offence meant) is just to get a pair of known good heads.
Obviously you would also need to replace the timing belt kit as a matter of course if doing this work, and also the Aux belt and it's tensioner wheel.
How confident are you under the bonnet?
Also where are you?
I've got a V6 with a good engine, that I'm going to be breaking within a couple of weeks, the heads on it are good and would be available if you needed them.
In terms of next steps:
First job:
Remove ancilliaries such as inlet ducting in the way of the timing cover, remove aux belt with 15mm spanner on the tensioner, 2 minute easy job.
Remove the outer timing cover bolts, remove the cover. Inspect the state of the belt and associated guides/tensioner.
If it all looks intact, CAREFULLY and slowly with a socket on the crank pulley, rotate it clockwise as you stand in front of it. If you can rotate the engine with little effort, this indicates bent valves.
If the engine is turning OK on the pulley, then try crudely see if its timed up.
There will be numbers marked 1 2 3 and 4 on each cam pulley. They should all be at the top, with the relevent marks on the pulleys aligned with the notches on the inner timing cover. Bear in mind this is not perfect timing, but will give you an idea if it's anywhere close.
If all those marks line up OK, look at the bottom pulley, and make sure that the notch on the pulley is lined up with the cut-out at the bottom.
If it is, chances are the engine is in time and valves will be OK -
If not, further investigation is needed.
If you do end up changing the heads, it's not a terrible job to do, but time consuming. I've done it once. (And having learned from the experience and as such could do a much better job next time).
Where are you? Very busy at the mo, but if you happened to be next door I'd at least help diagnose it
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