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tom-82
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21st Nov 08 at 14:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have just got back from towing my car home as cambelt slipped on my sri 16valve i put new gsi head on it a cuple of months back and did cambelt but not tensioner and it came loose once soo we tightened the tensioner and it ran ran fine till today now its that loose i can pull of with finger i now reckon it proper fxxcked cos it slipped bout 5 teeth i will time it up and try startin it but reckon it bent a valve or two. guted has any1 got a 1.4xe or 1.6xe engine for sale near me ?
Anthony
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21st Nov 08 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
search through the classifieds, theres a few in there. Iirc Willay had a recon head for sale.
S@M
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21st Nov 08 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh might aswell try and time it to see if it runs, might be lucky,

did you not torque the tensioner to correct settings?
tom-82
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21st Nov 08 at 15:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
didnt talk it to setting no just tightened it fxxckin tight.
tom-82
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21st Nov 08 at 17:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just timed it up and shes dead not a bit of compression. an 1 wanna buy a black corsa sri needs head??
S@M
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21st Nov 08 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
unlucky, surely just buy another block 1.6 or 1.4 and will drop staight in?
.dean.
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21st Nov 08 at 19:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tom-82
just timed it up and shes dead not a bit of compression. an 1 wanna buy a black corsa sri needs head??


£50?
DaveyLC
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21st Nov 08 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lesson to all.. ALWAYS replace the tensionser, they are a crap design and dont last very long.
TurboChris
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22nd Nov 08 at 08:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got a 1.4 16v engine and box £150 in Liverpool
TurboChris
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22nd Nov 08 at 09:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Or go for it and buy another engine, I have a

Z20LET
C20LET
C20XE
X18XEL

available



Chris

 
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