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blew the welds on the intake manifold? sound like too much naws
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Shame about the car mate... looked like a nice one
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Shame about the car mate... looked like a nice one
How do you blow an inlet manifold? Blow it where? Up?
Does it require the use of a laptop in the passenger seat displaying random meaningless bar charts?
No, its more likely his car drew a picture of mohammed
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That was in response to the post from BigglesPiP where he said it was unlikely to damage the crank
The crank is often OK, so long as you don't try to nurse it home.
Flatbed is the only way to travel.
The crank is often OK, so long as you don't try to nurse it home.
Flatbed is the only way to travel.
I have never had a car I owned on a flat bed, although someone took one away on one after I sold it to them
When the big end failed on my v6 when manfully drove it to my cousins to change the engine, the noise it made was unreal. I can't believe anyone would try and nurse a car making that type of noise home!
Although my neighbour nursed his car with HGF quite some distance home because he didn't think it would do it too much harm and he wrecked the engine.
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How do you blow an inlet manifold? Blow it where? Up?
Does it require the use of a laptop in the passenger seat displaying random meaningless bar charts?
I really don't know, apparently they're made of plastic
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If the belt has failed get the garage to change the crankshaft bearing shells. You cncan do it with the engine in situ by dropping the sump.
Apparently it eliminates about 90% of crankshaft failures caused by cam belt failure.
Apparently it eliminates about 90% of crankshaft failures caused by cam belt failure.
OK, so diagnosis completed.....
Cambelt has slipped 1, maybe 2 teeth which caused a backfire which blew the inlet manifold. Very, very unlikely to have damaged any valves (there is a teeny possibility) so more fingers crossed.
The garage I had it recovered to got the price for a new manifold & gaskets which is... wait for it... £910
Plus the belt & tensioners which after labour came to over £1600
However, the friendly chaps at my usual garage (not as close to home) have a 2nd hand manifold so that brings the price down considerably to around the £750 mark, still not cheap but a bit easier to stomach.
So, going to have to bang that on the credit card and it looks like the 147 will be going after it's fixed & all better (anyone want it for £5k?? ), and I probably won't replace it with another Alfa (yet).
See my other thread for suggestions
Cambelt has slipped 1, maybe 2 teeth which caused a backfire which blew the inlet manifold. Very, very unlikely to have damaged any valves (there is a teeny possibility) so more fingers crossed.
The garage I had it recovered to got the price for a new manifold & gaskets which is... wait for it... £910
Plus the belt & tensioners which after labour came to over £1600 However, the friendly chaps at my usual garage (not as close to home) have a 2nd hand manifold so that brings the price down considerably to around the £750 mark, still not cheap but a bit easier to stomach.
So, going to have to bang that on the credit card and it looks like the 147 will be going after it's fixed & all better (anyone want it for £5k??
), and I probably won't replace it with another Alfa (yet).See my other thread for suggestions
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Sounds like the last cambelt service they may not have changed the tensioner.
Timing belt failures are usually down to the tensioner breaking not the belt. Unlucky.
Timing belt failures are usually down to the tensioner breaking not the belt. Unlucky.