snaped cam belt while parking

[royt28]

hi. as above. would it bye bye to the engine 1.6 jx or could this be fixable as i was only parking when the engine cut out? & then found the belt to have snaped.

& any one know any firms that will do do work? south east london..

many thanks in advance ....... at the mo stuck in a carpark

[royt28]

at the moment i have been looking at the vwengine company just down the road from me 10 mins etc. worse case full refurb engine 2 grand plus vat. or they will take head off & look at mine.
with the refurb 12months garrantee etc & paperwork .

what else is out there without the perils of ebays etc

[royt28]

sorry just to add, as i was ticking over at a standstill when the engine cut out, would anyone else for the price of a cam belt just fit a new one & see? or am i just going mad

[Plasticman]

£2400... i think i know what i would be doing
mm

[Smcknighty]

I wouldn't think it would take many revolutions to do the valves in, and even at idle it's still spinning pretty fast.. But it's really not the end of the world..

If it was me I'd take the head off and take a look. It's only 8 more hefty bolts than doing the cambelt. You need a big old bar and the right size hex head

Hopefully the pistons are ok, that would be the main worry. If they are then stick another head on - either a recon or a secondhand one. Or get yours rebuilt?

And this is a job you can probably do in the car park to boot!

[Smcknighty]

Actually it's ten bolts thinking about it. Don't let that put you off!

[Plasticman]

new head built up for the jx is under 400
mm

[royt28]

new head built up for the jx is under 400
mm

any companys in your book of numbers would be nice mm?

update towed back home. fews days mill around with options. liking 400 to build new head

[Plasticman]

i forget ,anyhows there was a guy on here with simmilar problem last year and the new head fully built up was under 400,by built i mean cam and valves etc , but use your inj''s and glows
i will try dig it out
mm

[royt28]

i forget ,anyhows there was a guy on here with simmilar problem last year and the new head fully built up was under 400,by built i mean cam and valves etc , but use your inj''s and glows
i will try dig it out
mm

cheers mm
was just looking at simons ,brickwerks just over 500 with out exchange, might be able to sleep tonight, lets hope the pistons are ok

[billy739]

pull the rocker cover ?


you should be able to check the valve gaps to see if any obvious damage?

thers always the possiblity its ok , but usually the 'trying to start it' does more damage than the initil stop!

i had a vehicle years ago that stopped with a snapped belt , the owner didnt know and they tried towing it with a landrover to start it !
result = snapped valves buried in the piston and head!

[royt28]

pull the rocker cover ?


you should be able to check the valve gaps to see if any obvious damage?

thers always the possiblity its ok , but usually the 'trying to start it' does more damage than the initil stop!

i had a vehicle years ago that stopped with a snapped belt , the owner didnt know and they tried towing it with a landrover to start it !
result = snapped valves buried in the piston and head!

hi billy
yes i did try to restart it, 2/3 second burst & my old brain kicked in that i should look in the compartment. so hopefully new head should sort this. was trying to find out if the timing could be done in situ & how easy/ hard it is with my fat arms

[MattBW]

at the moment i have been looking at the vwengine company just down the road from me 10 mins etc. worse case full refurb engine 2 grand plus vat. or they will take head off & look at mine.
with the refurb 12months garrantee etc & paperwork .

what else is out there without the perils of ebays etc

Thats expensive for a refurb, you could get a remanufacture for that kind of money and probably have change too.

[royt28]

at the moment i have been looking at the vwengine company just down the road from me 10 mins etc. worse case full refurb engine 2 grand plus vat. or they will take head off & look at mine.
with the refurb 12months garrantee etc & paperwork .

what else is out there without the perils of ebays etc

Thats expensive for a refurb, you could get a remanufacture for that kind of money and probably have change too.

sorry matt that was for a remanufacture engine 1500 500 labour etc then the vat 400

[hedgejumper]

Hi, my jx belt napped at around 10mph. Removing the head revealed two valves bent and no piston damage.One exhaust valve £12 and one intake valve £10 plus head gasket £6. While I had the head in the shed I took the opportunity of repalcing all the vales stem oil seals £8 plus rocker gasket £6 and cam belt and tensioner £31. I consider myself very lucky. It appears it was wear in the tensioner that damaged the belt, I am tempted to change tensioners half way through the belts life !

I guess that at car park speeds your engines damage will be as light as mine.