Trevor
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After fitting a new cambelt tensioner, inspecting and refitting the water pump I put everything back together. Turned the key and she fired, ran for 2 seconds and stalled. I distinctly heard some kind of ping noise and assume that something has gone terribly wrong.
I've now stomped inside, had a cuppa and am sulking big time. Before starting out I had turned the crank to line up all the timing marks before taking the cambelt off and made sure they were aligned when refitting. Tomorrow I plan to take all the pulleys off to get the timing cover off again but dread seeing either a snapped belt but am pretty sure the engine is buggered.
So assuming the worst, do I:-
A) strip the engine down and try and fix it - scary prospect as I've never tackled this before
B) get another 2-LT engine and weigh my one in
C) Try and find a 1KZT 3.0 and fit instead - don't have welding skills for new engine mounts
I've now stomped inside, had a cuppa and am sulking big time. Before starting out I had turned the crank to line up all the timing marks before taking the cambelt off and made sure they were aligned when refitting. Tomorrow I plan to take all the pulleys off to get the timing cover off again but dread seeing either a snapped belt but am pretty sure the engine is buggered.
So assuming the worst, do I:-
A) strip the engine down and try and fix it - scary prospect as I've never tackled this before
B) get another 2-LT engine and weigh my one in
C) Try and find a 1KZT 3.0 and fit instead - don't have welding skills for new engine mounts