General marea 115 snapped cambelt
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marea 115 snapped cambelt
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The engine is not a "safe" engine and therefore it may well have taken all of the valves out. However, out of most of the snapped cambelts ive seen on the 115's very few have done major damage. All depends on when it snapped etc really. 2nd gear doing an overtake and your likely to have damage. At idle or pulling away, might be lucky!!
Hope that helps,
Alan
The engine is not a "safe" engine and therefore it may well have taken all of the valves out. However, out of most of the snapped cambelts ive seen on the 115's very few have done major damage. All depends on when it snapped etc really. 2nd gear doing an overtake and your likely to have damage. At idle or pulling away, might be lucky!!
Hope that helps,
Alan
Only way to find out is to have the head taken off and the bent valves counted. You should be able to get a replacement head from a breakers yard to replace your bent one with.
A cam locking tool to lock the engine at TDC will make it easier for you to find the engines timed position.
Other than that a good variety is spanners and sockets, and make sure you have a good set of male Torx bits up to T60 and you should be sound
Other than that a good variety is spanners and sockets, and make sure you have a good set of male Torx bits up to T60 and you should be sound
Ribe bits surely for taking the head off?
Yes ribe bits, also need a good low torque wrench for the alloy engine, I had to buy a new one when I got my 1.8 to accurately do the plugs. (I used to set the iron engine wrench just under the min setting to do the Citroens plugs and got away with it up to 250K miles but please dont tell anyone.) We really like our 115 Weekend it goes well and is light on fuel and have owned it for the past 7 years.
) We really like our 115 Weekend it goes well and is light on fuel and have owned it for the past 7 years.
