Well there I was at work and the boss says come and have a look at this.
He says to me "The driver just drove it in and said its developed a bit of an odd noise, almost a rattle from the engine, but its running fine. Can you have a look at it for me."

So the boss did then called me cos he'd just taken it fo a test drive down the A45 to wellingborough (6 miles) and back. Then he'd started to look for the noise he'd heard while driving it.

See if you can spot it from the first post after this.

First picture.
Rescued attachment 25072006.jpg

anything to do with the water stains ?

Rusty water everywhere and oil. Broken water pump??..Id say it got a little bit hot.

Burst pipe coming ovet the rocker box. Just plain ran out of water.

Was there ever a cam belt cover? If so, where did it go?

Also, something appears to be missing from the injection pump.

Cam pulley loose?

Yep. Looks like the cam pully is hanging off to me.
Belt looks decidedly pi55ed.

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Originally posted by stevec
Cam pulley loose?

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theres a bit missing

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Originally posted by graememk
theres a bit missing

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i used to have a zx 1.9 i did 247k in it and never even changed a cam belt, best and uglyst car i'd ever owned

Oh and the rusty deposit was sprayback from the overflow.

come on surley I get the bannana!
I will even share it with BKLOCO

[Edited on 25/7/06 by stevec]

[Edited on 25/7/06 by stevec]

Just wondering......Did you post about this the other day or am I having major de ja vous??!

"Yes I did sam, therefor you should have got it first and could be eating bananas now"

I'll get my coat

no, banana's don't wear coats.

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i used to have a zx 1.9 i did 247k in it and never even changed a cam belt, best and uglyst car i'd ever owned

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