XUD9/T cambelt
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Asking this one on behalf of the parents... Their 1996 ZX TD cut out a couple of days ago & wouldn't start. Well known recovery service were called out & diagnosed a cambelt failure, but didn't take the belt cover off or do anything to actually verify fault. The Haynes book (1993) we've got suggests that the cambelt cover is in 3 parts & one should be easily removable, but the 1996 car appears to have a single piece cover. I can't see any way to get the cover off without removing the offside engine mounting bracket and the Haynes book says that to do that, you need to support the engine with either a crane (ideally) or a trolley jack. Is there any way I can physically inspect the belt & confirm this is the fault before writing the car off?
Also, is this a non-interference engine or am I likely to be looking at umpteen bent valves if the breakdown bloke is right?
Any help gratefully received.
Also, is this a non-interference engine or am I likely to be looking at umpteen bent valves if the breakdown bloke is right?
Any help gratefully received.
Sorry for the slow reply - not checked this forum for a few days.
That's the weird thing - the Haynes manual suggests it's in 3 bits, possibly with no covering over the part that's under the offside engine mounting bracket, but looking at the car (remember it's a 1996 model), it looks like it's a single piece cover. Did they possibly change the cover design at some point? As far as I can see, the cover appears to be continuous under the mounting bracket.
Your description of the aftermath is pretty much what I feared. Apparently there were no sounds of mechanical doom when it happened, the engine just stopped dead. It cranks ok on the starter, no sounds of metal hitting metal, but recovery bloke was adamant that the cambelt has gone - does this sound right?
That's the weird thing - the Haynes manual suggests it's in 3 bits, possibly with no covering over the part that's under the offside engine mounting bracket, but looking at the car (remember it's a 1996 model), it looks like it's a single piece cover. Did they possibly change the cover design at some point? As far as I can see, the cover appears to be continuous under the mounting bracket.
Your description of the aftermath is pretty much what I feared. Apparently there were no sounds of mechanical doom when it happened, the engine just stopped dead. It cranks ok on the starter, no sounds of metal hitting metal, but recovery bloke was adamant that the cambelt has gone - does this sound right?
Thanks - will have a go. It had been cranked a couple of times before I even got there so whatever damage was going to be done has been done - the description of spinning with no compression was exactly what breakdown bloke said after he asked for it to be cranked over. Yes - Aux belt seems OK.
Also, it didn't occur to us initially that the cambelt could possibly have gone - we initially started by thinking the engine run/stop solenoid had failed in the stop position.
Either way, this all sounds like it's fatal - I'll try to get the cambelt cover off, but I think it's only confirming the inevitable. RIP ZX 1996 - 2015
Thanks for all the help & advice - very much appreciated.
Also, it didn't occur to us initially that the cambelt could possibly have gone - we initially started by thinking the engine run/stop solenoid had failed in the stop position.
Either way, this all sounds like it's fatal - I'll try to get the cambelt cover off, but I think it's only confirming the inevitable. RIP ZX 1996 - 2015
Thanks for all the help & advice - very much appreciated.
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