Hi as you may have seen in another post
I had been hearing noise and couldn't identify it the car was running fine then lost power overtaking on motorway but went back to normal again,parked the car which was running fine before turning off went back a few hours later and it wouldn't turn over. I stopped trying straight away went to try turn over by hand from crank bolt as soon as I removed the arch liner I seen the issue rite away!
The bolt on the crank pulley I was able to remove by hand without even a socket! It's usually the exact opposite they get stuck not loose!
So god knows someone must have not tightened or something I'll never know,I removed the pulley and found this
As you can see the pin has partially broken and moved slightly out of time with the crank it's self
So I'm waiting on a new crank gear which should be like this
You can clearly see the difference
See I'm hoping due to this happening when turning the starter it may have not bent a valve I will retime turn by hand start then do a compression test.
See what I'm wondering is do you see the Inside part where the pin goes into? It looks like it's been enlarged on mine ,Im worried the pin won't sit totally still and allow the gear to move slightly? How could I get around this ?
I was thinking worse case scenario a wee bit of weld?
See the plan is if valves are bent I will be removing the head anyways
So going to do all the seals and head gasket
Valve stems
Valves
Piston rings
Might port the head
And just do a really good cleanup and refurb of everything and replace anything else I come across
See the car I'm not a lot of money into and the body is rust free interior is ok and driving wise it's not got a single shake or rattle and good brakes and clutch.
So the way I see it after a rebuilt refurbed engine I will be under £1500 into the car in total Inc purchase price so I couldnt really complain I would be left with a clean car that I know is put together correctly 💯 and should do the same miles it already has done all over again
Thanks guys sorry for my rambling on
But if you could let me know if you have any ideas of what I should do if there is a gap when I fit the new crank gear
I had been hearing noise and couldn't identify it the car was running fine then lost power overtaking on motorway but went back to normal again,parked the car which was running fine before turning off went back a few hours later and it wouldn't turn over. I stopped trying straight away went to try turn over by hand from crank bolt as soon as I removed the arch liner I seen the issue rite away!
The bolt on the crank pulley I was able to remove by hand without even a socket! It's usually the exact opposite they get stuck not loose!
So god knows someone must have not tightened or something I'll never know,I removed the pulley and found this
As you can see the pin has partially broken and moved slightly out of time with the crank it's self
So I'm waiting on a new crank gear which should be like this
You can clearly see the difference
See I'm hoping due to this happening when turning the starter it may have not bent a valve I will retime turn by hand start then do a compression test.
See what I'm wondering is do you see the Inside part where the pin goes into? It looks like it's been enlarged on mine ,Im worried the pin won't sit totally still and allow the gear to move slightly? How could I get around this ?
I was thinking worse case scenario a wee bit of weld?
See the plan is if valves are bent I will be removing the head anyways
So going to do all the seals and head gasket
Valve stems
Valves
Piston rings
Might port the head
And just do a really good cleanup and refurb of everything and replace anything else I come across
See the car I'm not a lot of money into and the body is rust free interior is ok and driving wise it's not got a single shake or rattle and good brakes and clutch.
So the way I see it after a rebuilt refurbed engine I will be under £1500 into the car in total Inc purchase price so I couldnt really complain I would be left with a clean car that I know is put together correctly 💯 and should do the same miles it already has done all over again
Thanks guys sorry for my rambling on
But if you could let me know if you have any ideas of what I should do if there is a gap when I fit the new crank gear