its being towed down to the usual garage tomorrow morning on a flat bed trailer

put car on alxe stands, take sump off, look inside aswell as take gearbox/flywheel cover plate off and have a look.

lets gues the problem... crankshaft snaped? either way parts are easly found and if the worst comes a new engine aint that expense:) hassles hassles:(

I agree with myke

nightmare des :( hope it's not too pricey..

take it you won't be putting it on the rr unless you get it reapired in time :(

Missus car still comeing though yeah?

my money says the woodruff key has come out of the crank sprocket.

unlucky on the failure :(
hope it doesn't hit your wallet too hard.

Dad actually thinks it could be something to do with the flywheel as it does sound when the starter went that it was very free moving so id rather not take things to peices and end up making a mess of things

gay...

unless they are kent/sbd :D

but, yeah,.... its hard to guess whats wrong with out whipping the head/sump off.... could be something fairly small

the thing is im only partially sure what is totally wrong with it :( i need it to look drivable in order for recovery (AA) to take it down to arbroath. AK its ok im just getting everything replaced with new items.

d'oh....

i have valves etc if you need some spares... new are cheap enough anyway.... and it would be rude to replace with like for like....

if your getting someone else to sort it you could save a bit on their labor charge by stripping it down yourself.

Thats really bad news mate.... nothing worse than hearing those fatal noises! :(

Been there a few times myself.
Hope its not to hard on the pocket. :)

thing is the pulley is still on at the bottom but just not doing anything though im sure the crank is doing something as i heard it bang against a valve. i suppose ill just have to wait for the bill for fixing it. Im hoping he takes his time repairing it so it so i can sell my body for cash ;)

hope ya getted it sorted :thumbs:

bent every valve and trashed the head

how about mine when the big bolt goes through the bottom pulley came out doing around 70ish that made a nice mess :)

:(

if its just bent valves its not too bad, but i've never known a crank to sort of snap!

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Originally posted by robmarriott
so whats happened then? crank sheared off from pulley, and its bent some valves?

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thats a fucker,so whats the problem with it?

so whats happened then? crank sheared off from pulley, and its bent some valves?

The Xe lives no more at the moment, was coming out of a slip road took it to some revs and their was a loud bang or pop come from under the bonnet. engine cut out and i rolled to a stop. Got it home with the AA recovery :) originally thought it was the timing belt but this morning i took the cam belt cover off to find it still there. I assumed any damage done has been done so trying to hand crank it over to see whether the cams and bottom pulley were turning failed. One click of starter motor proved to me that the bottom fulley was not doing anything. The car however is turning over and i heard a bang as obviously the piston hit and bent another valve (all getting replaced anyway so not to worry) did this once to try and get an idea what was wrong and have left it since. Just need to get it to RAR for fixing now. Roy at RAR reckons it is repairable but will cost a few hundred. Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( ah well ill just have to concentrate on moving into my flat just now then, lucky it is 100yards from my work. Lucky the car is a luxury :(