I may have been too late.....

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old'uns
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I may have been too late.....

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.....and 'kaboom ' :bomb:
really bad today, screeching, juddering and general nastiness from pulley area.
limping home, no charging, ABS lights flashing, brake system etc, suddenly big bang & lights everywhere, engine stopped.
parked up & expecting to see bits everywhere, belts still on & looking normal.
AA arrive, crank it over, didn't fire & cam still turns.
recovered to garage, looking tomorrow, so i'm expecting belt/pulley etc as minimum, rockers maybe broken?
decision time me'thinks, trawling t'internet time
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Re: I may have been too late.....

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yep sounds like :( ..

still, not a terrible job if it is just a cam shaft and cap or two? you may be lucky :)
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Re: I may have been too late.....

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It's an HDi, so even if there has been valve / piston contact, then it will only have broken a few rockers. They're not cheap, and a full day's labour I should think to put it right. At >200k, I'd be thinking time to weigh it in...
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oops missed the Hdi bit...
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quick update...
crank pulley was OK, new belt on, aux belt off , flat battery so with starter pack apparently it fired up straight away & ran.
from brief phone call tonight unless i heard wrong, power steering pump runs free, alternator the same, air con comp also spins, going to put aux belt back on tomorrow & try again.
i don't suppose the bang i heard would be DMF, causing engine to stall?
i put clutch in sharpish as soon as.....
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RichardW wrote:It's an HDi, so even if there has been valve / piston contact, then it will only have broken a few rockers. They're not cheap, and a full day's labour I should think to put it right. At >200k, I'd be thinking time to weigh it in...
AND WHY????? Theres pleanty of life left in 200k HDi's.. theres a few on here! Mine included which if something broke tomorrow Id fix it!

I can vouch for hdi Rocker fit and go... The green Taxi I look after broke its belt after it shreaded the Aux belt.. driver was dooing 50mph too... Simply lifted the cam, re fitted 8 rocker fingers.. re timed up, fitted a belt and off she went.. and 30k later still going strong!
Sharing a pug 207 1.6 hdi Sw 16v.
M reg Xm 2.1 td auto exclusive S2 269k and rising
L reg XM V6 12v SEi auto .. Light project

A very sad...
1994 XM 2.1 d auto
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off to pick it up shortly.... & a drive up to Scotland either tonight or 1st thing in the morning for a 600m round trip test!

apparently the alternator was locked up solid.
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