change your cambelts on time

[sideways danny]

well the quick top-end rebuild the car came in for isn't going quite to plan

 

[Gray]

Good effort!

Are the other cylinders full of valves as well LOL?

 

[Chris205]

f**k ME!!!!!!!!!!! nasty

 

[sideways danny]

nope, but the top edge of every bore is dinked quite badly and the head is scrap due to the valve stem punching a nice hole.

Looked like it's not been serviced in a long time too. and it's a ph1 engine in an 02 plate ph2 which is weird

 

[The_Pirate]

Standard engine?

 

[sideways danny]

totally stock

 

[The_Pirate]

What miles?

 

[sideways danny]

car is 95k, though as i say it's a ph1 engine, so i'm unclear if it's the original

 

[Scott S]

That pic should be included in one of the buyers guides. If people know that can happen, they might be more persistent in getting the belts done before the car is picked up.

I told the garage I wouldn't buy the car if they didn't change the belts, or nock at least £500 off.

 

[Brett]

Expensive mistake to make. You can't neglect belts on Renault engines especially the F4R.

 

[Greeny.]

holy crap!

Where do you work out of interest?

 

[pip.]

I think that piston deserves pride of place somewhere.

Damned good effort. :approve:

 

[Christopher]

Christ!

Where are you working now?

 

[Triki]

Thats fcuked it then.

Did it smash/bend all 16 ?

 

[Jason_E]

Is that a valve?

EDIT: Yeh, LOL.

 

[tattoo_stew69]

haha proper fooked
good effort

 

[sideways danny]

Christ!

Where are you working now?

A couple of clio specialists

 

[K1NGY]

I fort the 20p split it at first !

 

[mini-valver]

Lol, done well there to snap it off! 7k RPM belt snaps FTW!

 

[Alastair.]

proper job

 

[sideways danny]

Lol, done well there to snap it off! 7k RPM belt snaps FTW!

probably would have been ok, but someone put a new belt on it and tried to run it

 

[sideways danny]

I fort the 20p split it at first !

20p? LOL that's a valve head!!! and it's cracked the piston clean in 2

 

[Henry]

is he going to end up putting another s/h engine in, and having the belt done as it should have been first time round?!

 

[Paul C]

Ouch! Might get the trophy done before time mate!

 

[sideways danny]

whenever you need it you little chunky monkey

 

[sideways danny]

is he going to end up putting another s/h engine in, and having the belt done as it should have been first time round?!

I'm fitting another, and INSISTING on full belt kits.

 

[VeinAST]

Is it bad that I look at it and don't have a clue?

 

[Muttley1]

he does it well too.... well I say that, he did mine last week and the car is still quite happy! lol

 

[sideways danny]

Is it bad that I look at it and don't have a clue?

valve head is smashed off and embedded in the piston, whic has in turn cracked clean in half

 

[Fred@BTM]

it had a belt already?

 

[sideways danny]

god knows what's gone on with it

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Not just belt failure that causes this, the valves break off from the stem sometimes.
Was a tech note on Actis about this ages ago.

I hope my boat engine dont look like this when I take the head off it at the weekend as the belt jumped a few teeth eeek

 

[Leeshez]

oppps