Why you always change the timing belt on a used engine

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    S2Forum Maniac
    • Jan 2008
    • 931
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #1

    Why you always change the timing belt on a used engine

    This would have ended in tears in record time!
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    S2Forum Obsessed
    • Aug 2003
    • 16226
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
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    • SteveH
      Super Moderator
      • Jul 2003
      • 4460
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      That's been sat around for some time
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      • steve briance
        S2Forum Extremist
        • Aug 2014
        • 1455
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #4
        Key is cracked! A previous owner has not had the correct tool for doing the timing belt but looking at the belt, it doesn't look like it has been done!

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          S2Forum Maniac
          • Jan 2008
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          #5
          It's been sat for a few years,make no mistake I'd be doing the belt regardless,it just shows that out of sight is not necessarily out of mind though...I've also had the misfortune in the past to buy an engine with a new belt,tensioner and water pump only to find out the hard way that the sprocket had been re used which resulted in 10 bent valves.
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          • fish
            S2Forum Fiend
            • Aug 2007
            • 2333
            • Home: United Kingdom Current: Sweden

            #6
            How the hell did that washer get between the belt and sprocket and not snap the belt?
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              S2Forum Maniac
              • Jan 2008
              • 931
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              #7
              I'm guessing it got down there when the engine was removed,just goes to show how a stray washer or bolt could cause a failure even on an otherwise fresh build

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