Just bought S-Type

[tr7v8]

Well picked it up today, a 44K mile 54 Reg 2.7DSE in Zircon with Cashmere.
I'm in love, I'd intended buying something a fair bit older but the seductive smile
of the sales lady & my wife whispering "Go on have an early 50th Birthday pressie"
So we did, first impressions are it's very smoooth & quite quick.

An useful websites or fora?
Is it a cam chain or belt?

Edited by tr7v8 on Friday 19th January 19:17

[wheeljack]

tr7v8 said:

Well picked it up today, a 44K mile 54 Reg 2.7DSE in Zircon with Cashmere.
I'm in love, I'd intended buying something a fair bit older but the seductive smile
of the sales lady & my wife whispering "Go on have an early 50th Birthday pressie"
So we did, first impressions are it's very smoooth & quite quick.

An useful websites or fora?
Is it a cam chain or belt?

Nice one! Cracking cars them, hope you enjoy it.

It is a twin belt drive and twin chain drive! One belt at the front for driving the exhaust cams and another belt on the back for driving the fuel pump. The two chains are for each banks' cam-to-cam drive. The belts and chain are for 10 years and/or 150000 miles when the engine would require a major overhaul.

Edited by wheeljack on Friday 19th January 20:37

[tr7v8]

wheeljack said:

tr7v8 said:

Well picked it up today, a 44K mile 54 Reg 2.7DSE in Zircon with Cashmere.
I'm in love, I'd intended buying something a fair bit older but the seductive smile
of the sales lady & my wife whispering "Go on have an early 50th Birthday pressie"
So we did, first impressions are it's very smoooth & quite quick.

An useful websites or fora?
Is it a cam chain or belt?

Nice one! Cracking cars them, hope you enjoy it.

It is a twin belt drive and twin chain drive! One belt at the front for driving the exhaust cams and another belt on the back for driving the fuel pump. The two chains are for each banks' cam-to-cam drive. The belts and chain are for 10 years and/or 150000 miles when the engine would require a major overhaul.

Edited by wheeljack on Friday 19th January 20:37

OMG! That sounds complex, overtones of a Porsche 928 32V Thanks for the info I couldn't find that anywhere.

[wheeljack]

tr7v8 said:

OMG! That sounds complex, overtones of a Porsche 928 32V Thanks for the info I couldn't find that anywhere.

Your not wrong about the complexity, but unbelievably it was the most compact method of driving the cams and fuel-pump (whilst still achieving the long-life and NVH targets).

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wheeljack said:

tr7v8 said:

OMG! That sounds complex, overtones of a Porsche 928 32V Thanks for the info I couldn't find that anywhere.

Your not wrong about the complexity, but unbelievably it was the most compact method of driving the cams and fuel-pump (whilst still achieving the long-life and NVH targets).

Might the overhaul at 10 yrs cost more than the vehicle would be worth?

[wheeljack]

deva link said:

Might the overhaul at 10 yrs cost more than the vehicle would be worth?

A distinct possibility! Obviously it depends on the residual value and the cost of the overhaul, both of which I don't know.

However the stuff that would be replaced would be things that are impossible to guarantee beyond 10 years in terms of wear, aging & degradation so would be replaced or checked for preventative maintenance. Things as mentioned like the belts and possibly cam chains, but also Diesel Particulate Filters (mind you if you get the opportunity to remove them completely do it!), fuel filter, glowplugs, injector tips, perhaps fuel pump pistons and cam lobe, rubber components like fuel, charge-cooler & coolant hoses, etc.

With the (at times) medium/heavy duty commercial vehicle type testing I've seen on this engine, all other big stuff like block, heads, crank, rods, pistons, etc (if maintained and not abused) should go on way beyond that (i.e. easily well beyond the rest of the car)