General Cambelt snapping?

[chris4500uk]

I've seen on other cars that it complety kills the valves and maybe pistons if it snaps, but i heard something bout the cinq that when it snaps nothing breaks apart from the belt? is this correct? and if so wooo

 

[Randomman]

Yeah it screws ya engine, cos if the pistons come up when the valves are down. . . smash bang boom, total block write off.

Cant see why it wouldnt happen with the 1108 FIRE, but you may be reffering to the 899, which has a chain not a belt and is practically indestructible.

 

[rallycinq]

The 1108 Fire engine is designed to be a 'safe' engine, in that the clearance between the valves and pistons is enough to avoid a meeting should the belt snap.

Cheers

D

 

[chris4500uk]

Sounds good to me

 

[Little_red_buzz_box]

FIRE engine!! :slayer:

lauren xxxxxxx

 

[rallycinq]

FIRE engine!! :slayer:

lauren xxxxxxx

Nee naw nee naw

Cheers

D

 

[Badger_Benji]

Yeah it screws ya engine, cos if the pistons come up when the valves are down. . . smash bang boom, total block write off.

I have never seen a block written off, pistons stamped with valves, valves bent sometimes snapped, cams snapped into sections, but never seen a block destroyed. Have you actually seen this? Or just another rumour of the internet.

 

[arc]

Yeah it screws ya engine, cos if the pistons come up when the valves are down. . . smash bang boom, total block write off.

Cant see why it wouldnt happen with the 1108 FIRE, but you may be reffering to the 899, which has a chain not a belt and is practically indestructible.

yeah, totally wrong there mate.. 8v FIRE units are safe engines :slayer:

 

[arc]

I have never seen a block written off, pistons stamped with valves, valves bent sometimes snapped, cams snapped into sections, but never seen a block destroyed. Have you actually seen this? Or just another rumour of the internet.

depends what you class as writing it off. If a valve hit a piston in an 1108 engine, (which could only happen if the end of the valve snapped off or something) then it'd damage the piston. Id call that a write off, cos its cheap to source a new 1108 block.

 

[Randomman]

I happily stand corrected.

Mind you, what did I expect, everyone knows Fiats never break