06-11-2015, 10:58 AM
One of the exhaust valves must have hit the piston, that's an exhaust sat on the left hand end piston in pieces lol, but the others don't seem to have done as you say, unless they're stronger valves on the exhaust side maybe? Or maybe that one was taken out by the inlet valve head flying around?
But what's really odd is that the valves on each cylinder open together, yet one of each has taken far more punishment than the other, yet they'd either both be closed or both open when the engine was stationary or if the belt had slipped, strange!
Belt was perfectly ok yeah, though I never checked crank timing before pulling the belt so we'll never know if that was out now, but that's looking unlikely. Car was owned from new by my step-Dad, never had a cambelt change and I admit this one was a bit crunchy, but all teeth were fine and it was still tight, I've seen far worse belts lol.
We will most likely be pulling a few parts off it now (including the ~£200 worth of parts that were replaced over the last month!) and it will be sold on as a rolling shell for use in racing - if anyone is interested in any parts or the rolling shell let me know.
But what's really odd is that the valves on each cylinder open together, yet one of each has taken far more punishment than the other, yet they'd either both be closed or both open when the engine was stationary or if the belt had slipped, strange!
Belt was perfectly ok yeah, though I never checked crank timing before pulling the belt so we'll never know if that was out now, but that's looking unlikely. Car was owned from new by my step-Dad, never had a cambelt change and I admit this one was a bit crunchy, but all teeth were fine and it was still tight, I've seen far worse belts lol.We will most likely be pulling a few parts off it now (including the ~£200 worth of parts that were replaced over the last month!) and it will be sold on as a rolling shell for use in racing - if anyone is interested in any parts or the rolling shell let me know.