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[Hammond]

Hi all. Took the car out for a drive and on the way home it died, rattled from the engine and sounded like stuff was hitting the underside of the car, had to coast it to a near by car park (a pub fortunately). when i tried to start it up again it just made a wereing sound. any ideas???

 

[scott.p]

Are the belts still in place? if so I bet its dropped a valve like mine did not long ago.

 

[Hammond]

Thanks for your reply, are you on about the belt on the left hand side of the engine that i can see? if so then yes it looks fine. was it expensive to repair your valve problem??

 

[Dan@SJM]

That sounds like something has got scared of the dark.

Prepare yourself for a new engine.

 

[Mar172]

Thanks for your reply, are you on about the belt on the left hand side of the engine that i can see? if so then yes it looks fine. was it expensive to repair your valve problem??

If it was a dropped valve , better off putting a good second hand engine back in .

 

[scott.p]

Thanks for your reply, are you on about the belt on the left hand side of the engine that i can see? if so then yes it looks fine. was it expensive to repair your valve problem??

yes the belts on the left. It certainly wasn't cheap, I picked up a replacement lump from a fourm member for £400

 

[Hammond]

Im going back to the pub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! any one want a clio???

 

[Hammond]

i will have my local garage pick it up on monday and i will re-post then. thanks peeps.

 

[S-Fell-89]

Place your bets!

My moneys on snapped timing belt or dropped valve. Bad news for your wallet anyway dude

 

[Jaff.]

Things rattling under the car - my guess is a rod made a break for freedom

 

[Hammond]

the mechanics best guess is that it is the cambelt. doh!!!!!!

 

[Harbinger]

Crap Mechanic, wouldn't run if it was the belt gone eh? probably just a bit of death rattle / crank gone, dropped valve would be rattling around the top no?

 

[Chip-mk1]

If it sounded like bits under the car, then I reckon like Dan says a rod has got scared of the dark and made a break for freedom.

 

[Corby G]

If it sounded like bits under the car, then I reckon like Dan says a rod has got scared of the dark and made a break for freedom.

+1

 

[Dan@SJM]

Crap Mechanic, wouldn't run if it was the belt gone eh? probably just a bit of death rattle / crank gone, dropped valve would be rattling around the top no?

Where does he say it was still running?

 

[Harbinger]

Where does he say it was still running?

when i tried to start it up again it just made a wereing sound. any ideas???

My bad I guess I read that as fired up and made a weird noise, guess he means Whirring sound which is belt gone I suppose, have a habit of not reading stuff lately.

 

[Chip-mk1]

The rattling under the car noise could also have been the valve heads making their way off down the exhaust of course.

TBH its a bit irrelevant if its a rod gone or the valves horrifically mashed or both, cause either way its new engine time!

 

[Chi]

Time for upgrades iirc

 

[Hammond]

i spoke to the garage again tonight and he said that the belt had probably been stripped of some teeth and not actually snapped, either way im going to sell the car as i dont have the time to break the car down to sell for parts or wait to have it fixed. oh.....and i cant face seeing her on my drive broken.

 

[Chi]

Good luck

 

[Hammond]

SOLD!!!!

 

[AlexW]

One rib of the Aux belt ripped off, gone into timing belt covers and caused belt to slip, 14 bent valves!