1999 Revision 5 MR2
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Dead again 
(fogs on so the rear fog light could be lit for extra visibility while on the hard shoulder near a junction)
Symptoms: No start. Has spark, cambelt is still present in some form as we have an RPM signal. Couldn't hear fuel pump run but it was a noisy environment at the point of recovery. Doesn't fire with starting fluid.
Don't have the time or motivation to really dig into it, as such it's gone straight to a garage this time.
Took 2.5hrs to get recovered off the A1M, and a further 2hrs or so for a truck to arrive, by which point it was gone 10pm so I asked the AA to get me a hotel and continue the recovery the next day as I'd had enough.
Day 2 truck was a fully enclosed box truck!
Finally got it down to Patrick in Bexhill. The problem - a bolt made a bid for freedom, jammed up the exhaust cam and destroyed half the belt. I assume the belt then slipped around the exhaust cam, hence the no start.
Lets hope the stray M6 bolt didn't do any more damage.
(fogs on so the rear fog light could be lit for extra visibility while on the hard shoulder near a junction)
Symptoms: No start. Has spark, cambelt is still present in some form as we have an RPM signal. Couldn't hear fuel pump run but it was a noisy environment at the point of recovery. Doesn't fire with starting fluid.
Don't have the time or motivation to really dig into it, as such it's gone straight to a garage this time.
Took 2.5hrs to get recovered off the A1M, and a further 2hrs or so for a truck to arrive, by which point it was gone 10pm so I asked the AA to get me a hotel and continue the recovery the next day as I'd had enough.
Day 2 truck was a fully enclosed box truck!
Finally got it down to Patrick in Bexhill. The problem - a bolt made a bid for freedom, jammed up the exhaust cam and destroyed half the belt. I assume the belt then slipped around the exhaust cam, hence the no start.
Lets hope the stray M6 bolt didn't do any more damage.
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