snapped cam belt on f7r

[schakal]

a friend of mine had a cam belt snappage while driving the
meggy f7r a few days back , after takin the head off for
inspection he finds 10 bent valves and marks on pistons
where the valves hit

i have not seen how deep the marks are but would there
be a slight chance of saving the pistons at all or would they
need to be replaced with spottless new ones ??

[MatBrown]

Pistons might be ok, but could be bruised the shells.


Mat.

[schakal]

either way the b/e will need to be ripped apart
for inspection than
cheers mat

[number1]

my Bottom end was sourced from a megane which did almost 16 valves!! im told, bottom end was fine, marks in the pistons but nothing major

[schakal]

my Bottom end was sourced from a megane which did almost 16 valves!! im told, bottom end was fine, marks in the pistons but nothing major

is the b/e running fine at the moment mate ??
any pics of the piston damage so i can kinda compare when
i see the beast

[MatBrown]

either way the b/e will need to be ripped apart
for inspection than
cheers mat

Not always, mate bought a car with 16 bent valves, was fine with just them replaced.
Suck it and see!


Mat.

[number1]

Havent got any pics on this comp mate soz, yeh bottom end is fine, there was a worrying moment when i got it all in running that the shells might have been bruised as mat brown said, had a knock on cold start up which went away after a minute or so, turned out to be a dodgy FRAM!! Filter, changed for a genuine and ive had no problems

Dave

[summeh]

mine had 16 bent vavles in the past when i bought it, left marks on all 4 pistons and it was fine with just a top end rebuild. so u prolly be ok.