ben0069
11-08-2012, 09:52 AM
Hi all, some of your wisdom needed please.
After Changing air con and power steering belts the other day, we also checked pump timing which was slightly out so we adjusted that too. All good went on a couple of trips, usual everyday stuff.
A few days later the car lost power and was ticking over horribly, and when I say lost power it would hardly drive on the flat, the revs would not go past 2500 and once the clutch was released it was almost stalling.
We have stripped it down and all the belts are still in tact, pulleys are ok. The timing is still '**** on' on both sides of the engine and everywhere else and there are no tight spots when turning the crankshaft.
We slackened off the fuel pipes on one side, cranked it and nothing. Did the same on the other side and it fired ok.
Next we took of the rocker cover to reveal the camshafts and some of the compensaters had come away fron their seats and 3 of the tappett(i think) had snapped; ie the rounded head had broken away from the shaft.
So we removed one of the two camshafts and two of the lobes had slipped.
The things I dont know are;
What causes this kind of problem
Is there usually any further damage to look for
Do I just replace the one camshaft and all compensaters and tappets or while the engine is in this state would it be better to do all 4.
Do I go with oem parts or are any others recomended
And if you can think of anything further I need to know please inform me.
The car is at 165000 miles, and this is the first major breakdown, I have had it since 11/08/08 andit had 65000 on the clock, timing belt changed at 70000 and at 140000. I have changed the oil every 6000 without exeption.
Any advice would be great, thankyou.
After Changing air con and power steering belts the other day, we also checked pump timing which was slightly out so we adjusted that too. All good went on a couple of trips, usual everyday stuff.
A few days later the car lost power and was ticking over horribly, and when I say lost power it would hardly drive on the flat, the revs would not go past 2500 and once the clutch was released it was almost stalling.
We have stripped it down and all the belts are still in tact, pulleys are ok. The timing is still '**** on' on both sides of the engine and everywhere else and there are no tight spots when turning the crankshaft.
We slackened off the fuel pipes on one side, cranked it and nothing. Did the same on the other side and it fired ok.
Next we took of the rocker cover to reveal the camshafts and some of the compensaters had come away fron their seats and 3 of the tappett(i think) had snapped; ie the rounded head had broken away from the shaft.
So we removed one of the two camshafts and two of the lobes had slipped.
The things I dont know are;
What causes this kind of problem
Is there usually any further damage to look for
Do I just replace the one camshaft and all compensaters and tappets or while the engine is in this state would it be better to do all 4.
Do I go with oem parts or are any others recomended
And if you can think of anything further I need to know please inform me.
The car is at 165000 miles, and this is the first major breakdown, I have had it since 11/08/08 andit had 65000 on the clock, timing belt changed at 70000 and at 140000. I have changed the oil every 6000 without exeption.
Any advice would be great, thankyou.