Oh S*** Cam belt has Just Gone

[cliopete]

What can I expect to find when I remove head and best places to obtain spares?? Valves, head gasket set, cam belt kit etc. and any other things that should be done whilst I'm at it?
Engine has done 130,000 miles and cam belt was last changed at 85000 miles. Would anew set of tappets be a good idea?

Pete

[chip]

Under what circumstances did it fail?

If it was at idle, expect bent valves and some marks that you can ignore on the pistons.

If it was at 6000rpm on the back straight at bedford and you didnt get the clutch down straight away then expect the sump to be full of the heads of your valves and the pistons to be totally detroyed and the head to be completely trashed and quite possible the bores too.


If it was normal driving, somewhere between the two!


And yeah its worth doing the tappets after 130K

[cliopete]

It went while driving quite normally, third gear uphill at about 30mph.

[Wobba]

I managed to save most of my engine to just 3 or so bent valves by putting foot on clutch very quick. You may be lucky. get the head off and look is your best bet to start off, or just replace complete engine.

[cliopete]

Engine replacement is a option as I had been thinking of buying another engine to rebuild over the summer as a project.
Anyone got one for sale at a reasonable price that I can fit now and then rebuild my existing unit as and when time permits.

[Wobba]

Mat Brown does I think.

[chip]

fitting a new engine is the easiest way back onto the road.

Then you can pull yours apart and decide if its worth rebuilding or not, I would imagine it will be just valve and guide damage based on how you said it failed, so probably ideal for a decent rebuild

[shag]

I GOT 1 MINT HEAD BUT CRANK OIL PUMP FOOKED

[canelloni]

Mine broke while I was doing about 20. Needs 16 new valves 4 pistons and it sheared the woodruff key and bolt on the inlet cam shaft / pulley and the cam belts only been on 9 months 1600 miles. Oh the joys of owning a willy

[cliopete]

I GOT 1 MINT HEAD BUT CRANK OIL PUMP FOOKED

How much for the head, or do you want to sell the whole unit?

Pete