COS THE FOOKIN' CAMBELTS JUST SNAPPED! :mac1: :mad:

 

 

Was doing about 5mph and it went this morning, taking the car to Redline to have a new one put on, just siting and waiting to hear if the engine is ok or not :( :headvswal

Noooooooo!! :eek:

 

Unlucky Nick!! Hope she's ok fella!!

Fingers crossed for ya mate.

FFS - hope all is ok Nick :(

 

Steve

Ouch!

 

Rotten luck mate - like the guys say, fingers crossed.

:(:( Hope engine is ok for you Nick

The tapping could have been a bit of the cambelt de-laminating and touching the cover !

Thanks guys, hate all this waiting about not knowing. I know Scott at Redline wouldn't mind me standing over his shoulder and watching but would feel out of order. Did that when he swapped my gearbox out, poor sod.

 

Damn it!

 

Yeah could be rite there Andy about the tapping?

Iit's an auto you could be lucky - fingers crossed for you mate.

I aint saying "I told you so" coz I didnt Nick. But it just goes to show that when you buy a 300ZX then it pays to have that job done without fail. I am sick for you mate and I hope it hasnt done TOO MUCH damage. I had mine changed when i bought it. Spilt milk now though mate. :bow:

I aint saying "I told you so" coz I didnt Nick. But it just goes to show that when you buy a 300ZX then it pays to have that job done without fail. I am sick for you mate and I hope it hasnt done TOO MUCH damage. I had mine changed when i bought it. Spilt milk now though mate. :bow:

 

 

Yup, was already booked in for the 9th of Feb to have it done with a few other bits and bobs. Ah well, thats life.

Gutted for ya mate. Hope all is well.

 

Mine was replaced when I bought it, although the tensioner was checked, it wasn't replaced, something I'll doo fairly soon.

Gutted for ya mate. Hope all is well.

 

Mine was replaced when I bought it, although the tensioner was checked, it wasn't replaced, something I'll doo fairly soon.

tensioner should be replaced with cambelt every time,that fails sometimes before the belt :(

Bloody hell mate thats not a good start, hope its all ok

The tapping could have been a bit of the cambelt de-laminating and touching the cover !

 

Will look out for that one then.

hopefully nick due to the low speed no damage would of been caused,even though tolerances are tight you may be lucky,seen a few zs that have had a damaged timing belt and haven been fine when new belt and tensioner was fitted

Good luck mate, hope you are lucky !

 

Alan.......

tensioner should be replaced with cambelt every time,that fails sometimes before the belt :(

 

It was checked along with the water pump. It will be replaced soon.

:( hard luck bud,hope it's sorted !

i hope you have the same luck as me !!!!

i bought a 300 with the cam belt gone and when i got it stripped down the engine was fine :bow: just 1 cam had locked up due to lack of oil