On 14/4/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >My younger daughter had the misfortune of cam belt failure on her 1995 >Hyundai Accent 1.5 csi. The car has been in the family since new & has >been a reliable, economic runner. The cam belt had been replaced at >100000 & 200000km as recommended but this one failed after only another >75000km. The first 2 replacement cam belts were genuine Hyundai but the >third an after market substitute. Strangely enough, I still have the cam >belt I removed at 200000km & it looks perfectly OK! After stripping it >was found that, luckily, the only damage was bent exhaust valve heads on >cylinders 1 & 3. (This is an interference engine design). On account of >the age of the car I didn't want to spend too much on repairs so I >shopped around for the cheapest set of exhaust valves & a head set. >First problem - the valve stem oil seals were a loose fit (totally >useless) so I had to buy better ones. Second problem: the exhaust valves >were such poor quality that 3 of the stems bent when I was installing >them in the head using a valve spring compressor. I only noticed the >problem after I had re-installed the head & was busy fitting the cam & >rockers, 3 of which didn't line up with the valve stems. Back to square >one. I will need to buy another good quality set of exhaust valves. I >will also buy a top quality head gasket - I don't trust anything cheap >any more. I have successfully done many engine overhauls over the years >& must say I enjoy this sort of thing but this time, at the age of 75, I >find I am suffering all sorts of aches & pains I have never had before, >so this will definitely be the last! > >Thanks for listening. I feel much better now.
I feel your pain brother - and once built a Rover V8 from scratch so I know what you're talking about! That has a timing chain rather than a belt but my current vehicle, a Freelander 2 is up to 73,000 miles and the cambelt rec is for 150,000. I can tell you now that it won't be anywhere near that when I change it! The only thing I would say is that used cam belts may look absolutely fine, but the nature of the materials changes after so many heat/cool cycles! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) | Live Broadcast News ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
