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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- From: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths)
- Subject: Re: Timing belt replacement in a Sentra
- Cc: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Reply-To: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:06:00 +0000
- Message-ID: <memo.545986@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
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- In-Reply-To: speednut@csource.oz.au (mark jose)
-
- > I drive a '80 Cortina TE (American's may not know this car - the Brits
- > certainly would), and had the drive belt give way while doing 4000 RPM
- > on the way to work.
-
- Ha ! Show me a Brit who *doesn't* know what a Cortina is 8-)
-
- First time I ever drove at over 100, I took the crankshaft centre
- bearing out on my parent's Cortina - had to fix it quick, before they
- got back on Monday ! (OK, so it's hardly Ferris Bueller)
-
-
- > I can't understand how such a problem would occur
- > because the instant the belt snaps the valves stay where they are and
- > the pistons can't reach up that far to smack them.
-
- Exactly - but the *camshaft* will also stay where it is, and will
- probably be holding a valve or two in the open position. If they're
- open, then the pistons might get close enough to hit them.
-
-
- > If there wasn't some sort of clearance, what would happen when the timing
- > was out????????
-
- You can't turn the engine over to start it (or when you hand-turn it,
- after assembling it).
-
- Andy Dingley dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
-