Hi all
After over taking a lorry and accelerating hard with a BMW up my rear my engine has died, did not do it straight away, after about half a mile the engine cut out but came back to life straight away, only when i had to stop at a road junction did the engine stop, it restarted but sounded awful as if there was a load of bolts running around the engine, managed to get home but engine will not turn over on starter motor and will not bump start, any ideas!
Could the cam belt have jumped a tooth, and if so what damaged could have happened, the only other thing i can think of is one of the valve has dropped.
any ideas or advise would be helpful. at least the BMW did not get by! also took it to the redline when over taking, but engine was running smooth untill i had to stop at the road junction.
Have checked cambelt which is still intacted and seems ok, when car first cut out the key code sign flashed up on the dash then went out, year of car is 1999
After over taking a lorry and accelerating hard with a BMW up my rear my engine has died, did not do it straight away, after about half a mile the engine cut out but came back to life straight away, only when i had to stop at a road junction did the engine stop, it restarted but sounded awful as if there was a load of bolts running around the engine, managed to get home but engine will not turn over on starter motor and will not bump start, any ideas!
Could the cam belt have jumped a tooth, and if so what damaged could have happened, the only other thing i can think of is one of the valve has dropped.
any ideas or advise would be helpful. at least the BMW did not get by! also took it to the redline when over taking, but engine was running smooth untill i had to stop at the road junction.
Have checked cambelt which is still intacted and seems ok, when car first cut out the key code sign flashed up on the dash then went out, year of car is 1999
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