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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:22 pm
by bmcecosse
Well done - it could have been very much worse. It really is the very first broken timing chain I have ever heard of on A series engine - bad luck indeed.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:28 pm
by WPR678B
Other than one i had go on my sister's 1098 its the only other one i've heard of as well! Not sure what happened on her's, but it was at low revs and speed when it failed and when i took the cover off, the crank sprocket was in 3 bits
and the cam sprocket had 3 teeth missing. Needless to say the chain was snapped, but which component failed?
My guess is the crank sprocket which led to the chain snapping!?
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:10 pm
by bmcecosse
Wow - and i thought the chains were unburstable - although I do have duplex on all (6!) of my serviceable A series engines.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:49 pm
by Onne
Well, I don't know if the timing chain can cope with a possible lay up of an engine, in other words years of dryness, no oil to keep the rust away.
I did have some bicycle chains snap, as well as the one on my moped
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:17 pm
by Kevin
I did have some bicycle chains snap,
Hmmm dont wish to know what you were doing to cause that
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:19 pm
by Onne
really? It wasn't a hill, that's for sure!
I may have neglected fitting it properly
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:50 pm
by pim123
Car is running fine again. Got the broken bits here: the small gear is in half, the chain is broken and the large gear has two teeth missing...Í think I am lucky to get of so easy.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:51 pm
by Kevin
Í think I am lucky to get of so easy.
I am inclined to agree with you.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:35 pm
by pim123
But I now have a nice pair of talking points for on the mantle peace...
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:38 pm
by Kevin
Well I think ite the 1st time we have had a failure like that on the board
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:39 pm
by pim123
Hahaha, well...story of my life... always something different