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M2RTY

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Registered: 25th May 01
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20th Apr 03 at 08:25

what was the damage? bloke said its 50/50 on my engine if it bends valves or not

going to put a new belt on it now and see what happenes

wish me luck

if not, weres belt place to buy bits?

marv

Dan

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20th Apr 03 at 08:51

i reckon its almost certain its bent valves

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Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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20th Apr 03 at 08:59

I blew my mates Calibra up by the cambelt pulleys smashing to pieces.

The engine is fcuked!

Fad

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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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20th Apr 03 at 10:47

blimey u dun do it by halves do ya

The-Power20

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20th Apr 03 at 10:50

i snapped cambelt on works van, but i was just coastin in 1st gear so no damage at all apart from needin a new belt,which i have replaced on every service

Ojc

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20th Apr 03 at 10:54

Its the C20LET, and the cambelt pulleys are plastic, this worries me somewhat. Very weak.

You should see the state of it, 14 out of the 16 valves are bent, he can't even get the exhaust valves out because they are so bent.

Then where I did'nt take it out of gear when it went, the valves have marked the top of the pistons.

So he needs new pistons as well, all in all £1000+ worth of damage

Kris TD

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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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20th Apr 03 at 11:28

marv, you said you did it on the m1, therefore i presume you were driving fairly quickly, im almost certain the valves will be bent.

Drew

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20th Apr 03 at 11:30

OJ - u paying anything towards fixing it?

Andy Stocker

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20th Apr 03 at 11:32

Fad the engine wasn't OJCproof

John_C

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Registered: 5th Mar 03
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20th Apr 03 at 11:35

quote:
Originally posted by xhale2007
i reckon its almost certain its bent valves

sorry how would u know u?

only way is 2 c wot happens

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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20th Apr 03 at 11:35

u2u sent marv, i had cambelt go on my 1.2 8v

M2RTY

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20th Apr 03 at 12:18

cheers steve and the rest of u lads

fitted new belt - no such luck

taking head off now, have to drop manifold and everything

was doing 90mph when it went

speaking to pete at pvd for a good deal on the fitting kit, sponsorship wise

marv

Dan

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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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20th Apr 03 at 12:27

john_c... when a cambelt goes it almost always bends valves...do u even know what happens when it snaps the cam belt?? HOMO

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Steve

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20th Apr 03 at 12:29

all depends if u clutch it straight away and wot speed ur doing and the engine type, i have known 1.2 8v's to not bend any valves cos theyve clutched it straight away

Dan

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20th Apr 03 at 12:31

u gotta b pretty lucky for it 2 be ok tho

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Steve

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20th Apr 03 at 12:33

yesh this is true

moddedcorsa

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20th Apr 03 at 12:33

on my cousins mk2 astra the cam belt went 5 times (all at low speeds, like in 1st gear and reverse) (he just has the car for rallying about in a field near his house, so he kept replacing the belt with ones from other astras, hes only 14 so he wasnt bothered if the engine went, just a bit of fun)
And the cars still going fine (well the starter motor is fucked now)

M2RTY

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20th Apr 03 at 12:39

what a lad!

still taking head off, got its harder then i thought

if its more than 50 quid to fix - fuck it

any1 know a price on valves? im thinking 4 have gone

place your bets now please......

Dan

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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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20th Apr 03 at 12:41

when u put the new belt on i take it u timed it all up again??

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M2RTY

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20th Apr 03 at 13:55

not got that far lol

defo bent 1 of the valves by looking on the underside

i dunno if any of the other ones are slightly fractioned

anyway of telling??

price on a valve any1 ?

Dan

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20th Apr 03 at 13:56

get a set of v blocks and turn them...u will see if they r bent then

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John_C

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20th Apr 03 at 14:28

quote:
Originally posted by xhale2007
john_c... when a cambelt goes it almost always bends valves...do u even know what happens when it snaps the cam belt?? HOMO

chill, i'm saying u would know because u haven't seen inside the head 2 have a look at the valves.

homo

John_C

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20th Apr 03 at 15:01

quote:
Originally posted by M2RV H
what a lad!

still taking head off, got its harder then i thought

if its more than 50 quid to fix - fuck it

any1 know a price on valves? im thinking 4 have gone

place your bets now please......

paid 300 quid 4 10. but that was for an audi. i would presume quite a bit less for corsa 1's. a motor factors or sum where like that would do replica 1's. vaux 1's would b very expensive

M2RTY

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20th Apr 03 at 15:10

hummmm replic ones, ill have 2 ring around in the morning

turbo ones r 26 ea + vat

Adam-D

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20th Apr 03 at 15:11

quote:
Originally posted by M2RV H
what a lad!

still taking head off, got its harder then i thought

if its more than 50 quid to fix - fuck it

any1 know a price on valves? im thinking 4 have gone

place your bets now please......

youve got more guts than me for some reason i dont want to or dislike the idea of me pulling the engine apart
if youve bent some valves just go down scrappy and get a head or an engine for bout 100 quid loadsa spares

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