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col
09-02-2010, 20:31
As some of you may know id sold my Williams,well to cut a long story short the guy that bought it was giving it death coming back from London at three in the morning........running fine no noises,then BANG!!! loss of power.

Gets it towed back checks it in the morning,no oily mess no conrod sticking out the block etc,but wont turn over and cant push it in gear.?

The only thing he said was that he had the tensioner pulley changed by Renault,cause mine was a little squeecky. hes in the AA so i said get them to inspect it an get a report to see what damage its done.
temp had been ok ,oil too,mileage 100,000.........i suppose the bottom line to this story is where can he get another engine from? (ye ive pmd Mat)........Hes a nice chap so i said id try an help him along. any further thoughts would be appreciated. :wink:

Purple
10-02-2010, 01:34
he had the tensioner pulley changed
temp had been ok ,oil too

BANG!!! loss of power.
no oily mess no conrod sticking out the block etc
wont turn over
cant push it in gear.?
Was it a longish half-day job replacing the tensioner? My guess is the Renault mechanics loosened the mounts (to lift the block slightly) to get better access to the belt and tensioner. Did not fit back the mounts properly, but the car ran OK. The loud bang was the block being thrown out, seized up the belt and displaced the gearbox linkage alignment.

vkosho
10-02-2010, 01:44
sounds more like a belt issue than a sieze if there was no noise before it happened. The engine could be ok though.

Typical Reno if thats the case. :evil:

col
15-02-2010, 19:57
Just an update on this, it seems mat Brown has fixed it for my ex williams.........its ok Mat you neednt kiss my ass.... :lol: :lol:

Wobba
15-02-2010, 20:58
What was the problem in the end?

MatBrown
15-02-2010, 21:14
It's next on my list of things to do, will find out when i take the engine out.


Mat.

Wobba
15-02-2010, 21:33
It's next on my list of things to do, will find out when i take the engine out.


Mat.

Mat...remember this is here to be fixed...move away from the sledgehammer... :lol:

MatBrown
15-02-2010, 22:25
Just hope my bro don't go crazy with the angle grinder!


Mat.

col
16-02-2010, 20:36
Yes Mat ,will be interested to see what killed it......and to see if its retreivable

col

MatBrown
16-02-2010, 23:25
It still has oil in it so my first guess would be cambelt failure.


Mat.

Wobba
16-02-2010, 23:38
Just hope my bro don't go crazy with the angle grinder!


Mat.

LOL!

col
17-02-2010, 19:20
Bring back chain drive like on the duratec an my merc!!!................ive never been into rubber :lol:

MatBrown
13-03-2010, 17:55
Finally got round to having a quick look at it today and it looks like its the tensioner bolt that come undone and rattled around the cambelt area.


Mat.

MatBrown
13-03-2010, 18:01
The only thing he said was that he had the tensioner pulley changed by Renault, cause mine was a little squeeky.

Wonder if he could claim off renault?


Mat.

col
14-03-2010, 19:09
Thanks for that Mat.........have you mentioned it to him ?

MatBrown
14-03-2010, 19:12
Yes, i am holding off on any work until he has spoken to renault.
It looks to me like they are liable, it's just getting them to admit it/prove it.


Mat.

col
14-03-2010, 19:42
So much for putting your trust in professionals :roll: