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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:05 pm

And look at the bloody horror marks on these timing covers! Big bastard groves in them!

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Bit of luck or good timing? This on the 325SE not my Sport!

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The belt was very slack and was trying to rub itself to bits! It has rubbed about 5mm off itself and looked more like a belt for an M40!

Bigup Boybimma again for doing this for me :D

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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:11 pm

Six pot wrongness!

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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:13 pm

Eek - close escape methinks! :eek:

Makes me *really* want to get round to finding out why mine's sounded funny since i changed it - I've got another belt & tensioner here but it's just jumped to the top of my list of priorities! 8O
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:13 pm

dont like the look of you carpet mate winkeye :jester:
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:20 pm

tis our old dinning room carpet! better than Karans Zebra rug!
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:21 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:Six pot wrongness!

Andrew
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:36 pm

Simon13 wrote:tis our old dinning room carpet! better than Karans Zebra rug!
oi thats well sexy :cool:
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:32 am

What you need is a timing CHAIN :cool:
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:45 am

ian332isport wrote:What you need is a timing CHAIN :cool:
I've been thinking about that.. could you do a chain conversion on an m20?
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:07 pm

320Touring wrote:
ian332isport wrote:What you need is a timing CHAIN :cool:
I've been thinking about that.. could you do a chain conversion on an m20?
Belts are fine just change them when u should Neil. Not the best but we have to make do!
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:16 am

320Touring wrote:
ian332isport wrote:What you need is a timing CHAIN :cool:
I've been thinking about that.. could you do a chain conversion on an m20?
Yep, along with a 24 valve head at the same time. BMW call them M50s.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:21 am

Simon13 wrote:And look at the bloody horror marks on these timing covers! Big bastard groves in them!

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Bit of luck or good timing? This on the 325SE not my Sport!

:clin:

The belt was very slack and was trying to rub itself to bits! It has rubbed about 5mm off itself and looked more like a belt for an M40!

Bigup Boybimma again for doing this for me :D
The SE lives on!
Seen one or two like this. Usually caused by the shaft of an old type tensioner coming loose in its mounting bracket and not running parrallel to the other shafts.
Worst one I saw only had about half of the width of the belt left.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:59 am

Brian this is what was wrong on this too
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:59 pm

Simon13 wrote:Brian this is what was wrong on this too
Quite possibly, loose idler shaft makes the belt run outwards.
Only way to be sure is to examine the old idler.
Side effect of the belt rubbing the cover, is that it destroys the fixings for the plastic guide that keeps the crank position sensor and oil pressure switch cables from destroying themselves on the water pump pulley.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:01 pm

The belt tension was far too loose, i fitted a new tensioner spring and all is ok. it was the loosest cambelt ive seen on a m20 and ive done a few.
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:27 pm

I had a close call like that with my other M40 i had. Just bought the car, do the usuall service and bit's and found the tensioner had actually siezed and the belt was amazingly still on. Took it off and you could almost see through it, it was that fine, just strand's of what the belt was held together with 8O
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:02 pm

:offtopic: Is that Karens tourer in the reflection of your car in your siggy?
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:10 pm

Conan wrote::offtopic: Is that Karens tourer in the reflection of your car in your siggy?
Look's like Davetouring's. You can tell by the black bbs
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:13 pm

:oops: rookie touring spotter exposed :lol:
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:17 pm

Conan wrote::oops: rookie touring spotter exposed :lol:
:nono: You bad boy you :wink: :D

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Post Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:42 pm

tis Dave's car on the way to gaydon this summer
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