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Having driven approx 1100 miles from Santander to St.Malo over a period of nearly three weeks, upon my final drive to Gloucester, had a bit of trouble 12 miles from home on Wednesday and ended up being recovered on a flat bed.??

1.9 AAZ td camper.

Lost power and began to smoke big time, engine cut out.

Having had a quick look last night--- The " teeth" of the cam belt ( only 2k miles and 1 year old ) have stripped off ???
Took cam cover off and the cam " buckets " are jammed down and NOT touching the cam. Cam will turn but then seizes.

I am assuming that valves have hit pistons, bent, broken etc ?? I assume the pistons, block is also likely to be scrap but will take head off anyway for a look .

Any ideas what could have caused the teeth to strip off ???

Anybody got a replacement engine up for grabs ??

Maybe its time for me to consider alternatives, such as a subaru engine. I can do all of the mechanical stuff but would need guidance on the wiring aspects. What sort of price would I be looking at for the engine and conversion parts ??
cheers

Think I will stick with a VAG diesel unit.

Now considering a TDi unit.

Has anybody on here done this, just how difficult is the electrical aspect ?

I like the idea of a 130/150 bhp unit with the economy of a TDi--what are the pitfalls ?

A local resto company has just put a TDi unit in a splitty but would not commit themeselves to the cost/difficulty of the wiring.

cheers