2.0 8v help- snapped timing belt? Quick Replies Pls

[Ice White Socks 0]

Hi guys,

 

Quickie on behalf of my brother who has an Ibiza 2.0 8v. Its been running rough for a while and wouldn't start this morning.

 

AA have been round and says the timing belts snapped :? Now our kid was turning the engine over and it sounded fine- just wouldn't start!

 

Am I right in thinking you really would **know** if you tried to turn an engine with no timing belt (I'm thinking all the noise of valve bendage etc)

 

Thanks

 

Mike

[RW1 0]

Turning an engine with a snapped belt can sound normal.

 

Take off the cam belt cover by the rocker cover and see:

 

a) what state is in

b) turn the engine and see if the belt is driving the cam. It may be that the belt is OK but the engine drive cog has rip off the belt teeth at that cog position, in which case the belt will be tight but it will not move.

 

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[bcstudent 0]

The crank wheel stripped the teeth off the timing belt on my mate's 1994 Ibiza 2.0 8v last year. It took a few valves with it. Your brother may be luckier.

[Ice White Socks 0]

yes thats makes sense- which is why it happened when it was being started (max stress on the teeth due to intertia of cams etc)

 

Car will be back here soon so thats the first thing I'll look for

 

Cheers

[davidwort 0]

The crank wheel stripped the teeth off the timing belt on my mate's 1994 Ibiza 2.0 8v last year. It took a few valves with it. Your brother may be luckier.

 

bummer, the old 8V's weren't interference and the worst thing was getting stranded somewhere.

[Supercharged 2]

Stick another belt on, turn it by hand then start up and see what compression you get - could be lucky...

[RW1 0]

I had one like this a few years back on an 8v Scirocco and the valves just missed the piston crowns by a hair's width. The carbon was marked but no more. That happened on starting the engine.

 

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[flusted 0]

i thought all 8v engines where "safe" engines?

[Ice White Socks 0]

Bloody Recovery Muppets!

 

Whilst I have a lot of time for the AA guys- the local guys they call in are just idiots. Like I say the car sounded fine when being turned over- but the 'expert' said the cam belt had gone and he could tell thru the oil filler cap that the cams weren't turning with the engine (how he knew this god only knows as you can't see the cams because of the oil splash covers)

 

Cam belt covers just come off and hey presto- its fine. Our kids calling them back up and getting a proper AA guy to check it out.

 

Grrrrrrr :mad:

[flusted 0]

losers

[Ice White Socks 0]

Funny thing is - the local idiots had told the AA it was fixed by the roadside....

[bcstudent 0]

Oh my God. At least it's likely to be an easy fix now. Sweet.

[dr_mat 0]

Funny thing is - the local idiots had told the AA it was fixed by the roadside....

 

They get paid more as a subcontractor if they fix it... :)