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Thanks for the help Menzies_Clio and shepperdspie.

Haynes manual refers to it as just a rocker cover retaining bolt....i'll have a go at it myself (instead of giving it to a garage) and fingers crossed it works out fine. I'll update my findings....

Hi, I'v read on the forum that one of the bolts holding down the rocker cover on the d7f engine has some kind of link to the camshaft. This is the bolt on the left side next to the oil filler cap. Is this true? The Haynes manual doesn't go in to much detail about this bolt. What is...

Guys, thank you so much for your help with this. You were sooo RIGHT...! I have an UPDATE - Firstly I am shocked to find out what actually happened to make my car go wrong..!! It looks like the alternator belt snapped and the remains of it ended up in the timing belt, which in turn made it...

but would that make the car stall and cut-out like this? it starts and runs (although v rubbish) when i take a sensor out of the inlet manifold. Also this is a 1.2 8 valve if that makes any difference?

ok i understand, that makes sense...will get my torch n check now...and update in while...

i know you guys are trying to help - but when someone is stressing about whats wrong with their car you suggest "tensioner" someplace "there" and "buggered pistons" wildly without offering the logic behind the theory...??

i'm getting worried now...would alternator or aux belt snapping affect pistons or timing?

could that be likely? When the alternator belt snapped it started running sluggish and with very poor throttle response, and it hasn't really recovered since putting a new belt in. But i'm confused why a alternator belt snapping should affect the timing belt or pistons? Is there something...

a tensioner on the throttle body?

I checked the car out this afternoon. Theres a sensor on the inlet manifold, and when i pull the whole thing out of the hole (on the manifold) the car starts but runs really poor and erratic (but doesn't cut-out completely). When i give it a bit of gas its starts to splutter and cut-out...

Hi I'm hoping someone can help... Yesterday my alternator belt snapped, and although I managed to drive the car to work it was running very rough and had poor throttle response (foot flat on pedel to maintain 35-45 mph speed). I managed to replace the alternator belt and it was still...