This is exactly something i have thought of. Why make such an important part of an engine in such a way that it can break so easily and cause so much harm.
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CAM Belt snapped on my 172?
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This is exactly something i have thought of. Why make such an important part of an engine in such a way that it can break so easily and cause so much harm.
Reading his posts it sounds as though its his Auxilary belt thats snapped not his cam belt.
You cant see a cambelt unless you take the top mount off so how would he no its not there
maybe?? lol
How dangerous is it if the auxillary belt snaps? What would be involved in repairing this?
Reading his posts it sounds as though its his Auxilary belt thats snapped not his cam belt.
You cant see a cambelt unless you take the top mount off so how would he no its not there
maybe?? lol
How dangerous is it if the auxillary belt snaps? What would be involved in repairing this?
very
Bugger of a job to do so best left to the Dealers to fix
Aux belt usually takes the cam belt with it in a lot of cases
Clio Sport 182
I sold my 182 recently after only 1 years ownership, in that time it had 3 cats, 1 rear damper, 1 engine mount, 1 ECU bracket and it was only on an '04' I now own a Golf V5 which I must admit makes my bottom feel much safer and less susceptable to the royal rogering by the horrificly bad qualified renault techs or (RRHBQRT) for short
Aux belts are quicker to chnage not the cambelt though.
There cost and the fact your doing people out of a job.
M
mini-valver
A lot of new Vauxhall engines are chain driven, loads or Mercs are too. The chains snap and the tensioners wear. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other really providing the belts are changed on the intervals there wont be a problem 99% of the time!
CB600FS
Reading his posts it sounds as though its his Auxilary belt thats snapped not his cam belt.
You cant see a cambelt unless you take the top mount off so how would he no its not there
maybe?? lol
Don't need the top mount off, theres loads of ways to tell any decent AA/RAC man could tell you in an instant. Dead easy mate. Loads of tell-tale signs, easiest ones taking the oil filler cap off, and turning it over, if the cams dont turn, da da. It'd turn over well quick aswell, compression test would tell you in 20 seconds etc (not on F4R)
Other signs = lack of power, non-start
J
Jim NM
Renault should be ashamed of themselves, as Toyota have developed a safe engine system whereby if the cam belt breaks it does not cause any damage to your valves and pistons. Trust the Japanese ehhh!
M
mini-valver
^They're called a non interferance engine mate.
Gus
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182Turbo,DCi90
When the cambelt fails, is this through wear usually, and is there anything that contributes to it failing quicker.
My cam belt was changed at 80k and 6 years, remember driving round that last year before getting it changed feeling well paranoid, but the trusty 172 never let me down.
My cam belt was changed at 80k and 6 years, remember driving round that last year before getting it changed feeling well paranoid, but the trusty 172 never let me down.
80MPG BEEZA
you said at fcs the box was getting a little dodgy lol guess you were right!
Clio 172 mk2
Mine too
Reading this I had better get mine booked in for next month as well as the car is nearly 5 years old
'02 MG TF160
Mine's at 47k and 5yrs, so i'm getting it done - its just not worth risking it - thats what credit cards are for!
Reading his posts it sounds as though its his Auxilary belt thats snapped not his cam belt.
You cant see a cambelt unless you take the top mount off so how would he no its not there
maybe?? lol
Don't need the top mount off, theres loads of ways to tell any decent AA/RAC man could tell you in an instant. Dead easy mate. Loads of tell-tale signs, easiest ones taking the oil filler cap off, and turning it over, if the cams dont turn, da da. It'd turn over well quick aswell, compression test would tell you in 20 seconds etc (not on F4R)
Other signs = lack of power, non-start
yeah by jacking the car up and looking underneith but if you read his first post he said the AA man didnt check ! Any AA man worth is salt would not start a car if he suspected the cam belt was away!
Going by the loss of power with no warning lights and the starter problem its pretty certain to be the auxiliary belt not his cambelt.
You sure? I thought they can stretch first, messing up the timing before they eventually let go
CB600FS
Don't need the top mount off, theres loads of ways to tell any decent AA/RAC man could tell you in an instant. Dead easy mate. Loads of tell-tale signs, easiest ones taking the oil filler cap off, and turning it over, if the cams dont turn, da da. It'd turn over well quick aswell, compression test would tell you in 20 seconds etc (not on F4R)
Other signs = lack of power, non-start
yeah by jacking the car up and looking underneith but if you read his first post he said the AA man didnt check ! Any AA man worth is salt would not start a car if he suspected the cam belt was away!
Going by the loss of power with no warning lights and the starter problem its pretty certain to be the auxiliary belt not his cambelt.
Wrong.
You don't have to jack the car up atall, the oil filler caps on the top of the engine... Turn it over all you want the damage has been done already.
How does no alternater belt cause lack of power, and non-start?? The car would start, and you'd have power... Hes just said it was cambelt anyway.
Clio Sport 172
Right then, so what the easiest way to get the engine out?
yeah that was the clio i was on about at FCS, i was on about this http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/Fredmrsclio/?action=view¤t=DSC00074.jpg
Clio Sport 172
BMW 320d SE
Have you actually had the engine checked for damage by a garage? It seems like it would be worth doing this first before shelling out for new engines etc.
It's just that my brother's old car shed it's cambelt and the engine came to a stop straight away - same circumstances as yours really - but when the engine was checked, there was no damage at all.
It's just that my brother's old car shed it's cambelt and the engine came to a stop straight away - same circumstances as yours really - but when the engine was checked, there was no damage at all.
Clio Sport 172
Nah mate it's definately scrwed; all the rockers have even come out of the cam shaft!
Clio Sport 172
Nah, didn't really make me smile!!
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