pgarner
TC ModFather
Got nice phone call today from my mum needing a lift as dad had broken down and didnt have the breakdown details on him. got there and listen to the engine nice couple of loud bangs !
AA man came out asked the details didnt even get his tools out turned round and said it would be the exhaust camshaft sheared at the fourth cylinder had seen it 20 times at least in the last year between the 1.2 and 1.4
towed it to our normal mechanic and pulled the rocker cover off. cam had actually sheared at cylinder 3.
all the bolts for the cam bearing were loose apart from the ones beside the chain ( now that shocked me it was a timing chain ) and the one at the 4th cylinder as it had sheared completely.
so it now looks like a new cam and 4 valves
not been a good week
ohh car is a 05 plate with under 30k on the clock.
AA man came out asked the details didnt even get his tools out turned round and said it would be the exhaust camshaft sheared at the fourth cylinder had seen it 20 times at least in the last year between the 1.2 and 1.4
towed it to our normal mechanic and pulled the rocker cover off. cam had actually sheared at cylinder 3.
all the bolts for the cam bearing were loose apart from the ones beside the chain ( now that shocked me it was a timing chain ) and the one at the 4th cylinder as it had sheared completely.
so it now looks like a new cam and 4 valves
not been a good week
ohh car is a 05 plate with under 30k on the clock.
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