You wouldn't be the only one but also I would not mind it if it were a non-contact engine. Our MX5, if the cam belt breaks the pistons do not reach the valves :cool::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by arjunior45
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You wouldn't be the only one but also I would not mind it if it were a non-contact engine. Our MX5, if the cam belt breaks the pistons do not reach the valves :cool::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by arjunior45
Well, there's a lot to tell :rolleyes:
My girlfriend wanted to surprise me and made a deal with a local Alfa specialist. The car was towed to the garage for inspection. All of this was supposed to be a surprise, unfortunatly I found out about it.... well that's the short version... I thought it was stolen out of my garage :eek: Because of this she had to tell the surprise :doh: :tapedshut:
But there's good news :smoke:
The engine runs again without further damage to the valves and pistons. If I knew I was going be that lucky that day, I bought a lottery ticket for sure ;)
The car needs to be made ready for MOT and needs to be insured before I can drive again. This will be done later this week, hopefully.
Greetings,
Marc
Most belts that I have seen damaged like this has been a result of contamination by fuel, oil or grease etc. Ive also seen one do this for no apparent reason that we could find other than the belt being very old (low mileage). Low tension could do it for sure but high tension is not so likely.
There is a remote possibility your sprockets are worn out or damaged too. I would check them very carefully.
Belts are made from Neoprene, Nitrile and probable some other stuff.
For these engines I always use a genuine Fiat/Alfa belt. They do have a slightly different tooth design to the aftermarket ones.
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Originally Posted by SteveNZ
I also use original parts for this, that's the only condition I have.
The engine is being looked after by three Alfa specialists, so I am quit confident this is being looked after. I am on my way to take a look, so I will ask if the sprockets are checked.
Greetings,
Marc
This morning the engine failed again. Can't see any visable damage to the cam belt, but I can't rotate the crank any more and thus no movement of the cams. So I guess this is it then :frown: The only way to tell what's wrong now, is taking it appart I guess.
If anybody has a suggestion what I can check, please let me know.
Greetings,
Marc
Sounds like the inevitable - pull it apart :(
I am going to check one thing first before the "pull it apart" step will be taken.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaJack
Greetings,
Marc
As you were chaps, nothing to see here.
This might be of interest to some http://www.powerenterpriseusa.net/pr...iming_belt.htm bottom of the page. Not cheap though! Quite fancy trying one myself.
Nik
Thanks for the link Nik :)
Found about about this belt while trying to read all the interesting threads on the Delphi forum. There's a lot of information and I have way to little time for this at the moment.
I saw they have a belt for the integrale. I know there are two types of belts with different teeth design what seems to be important to choose the right design. Do you know if the kevlar belts have the correct teeth design? And this is also going to effect my choice for a wide belt kit. But that's subject I need to figure out.
Greetings,
Marc
I'd have to believe they've got the tooth style correct for the 16v engine, at least until I had one in my hand to see for myself.
The need to upgrade the belt is debatable, not convinced myself, the greek dragster still uses the standard belt and pulls over 1000bhp and rips off the start, likely changes/checks it quite often though.
Nik