Right I'm moving on from my previous thread of "LOSS OF POWER" I have now removed the Crank Angle sensor and doing the test. When I turn the senor by hand I can only hear, what seems to be two clicks! Can anyone tell me how many I should be hearing? I have also freed the PTU unit for inspection, is there any tell tale signs that its a series 1 or series 2 unit? I see a few numbers on the casing but no dates as such.

I was looking at the Z workshop manual, and stripping it back to that point, seems to be a big job plus they mention some tools that I dont have.

when ur starting the car get someone to look at the bottom pulley to see if its turning ?

Will do if I ever get around to stripping it back that far!!

It really ain't that bad to remove the cam covers mate, i've done it and with just basic tools. remove intake hose to throttle bodies, drain coolant, remove viscous fan and shroud if poss, remove top rad pipe, unplug harness to CAS and PTU,Remove Top water inlet pipe to block ( this is the only fiddly item) then all bolts are easily visable and ready for removing, should take a good hour 1st time round.

Least you'll know a 100% if it's belt related or not :)

smithy

Thanks Smithy!! I'm going to give it a go I think! At least I'll know for sure and have piece of mind plus at then end of the day, I'm already thinking of breaking it so, I may as well attempt to strip it back.