EltonJohnInNova
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Registered: 4th Feb 10
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hi guys, was driving today coming up to a roundabout and all of sudden the car just lost power and died, under inspection of the cam belt looked fined, once i taken it completely off i have 13 teath missing, these teath was on the crank so it was just spinning
trying to get away with a lucky 1 here
as the belt did not snap is there any chance i can change the belt time the engine back up and she will fire up??
any advice would be great, never had teath go before, i normally end up with bent valves 
thanks
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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99% of the time, these don't bend valves so you're alright there.
Whack a new belt on it and it should fire straight back up 
Id be a little concerned as to why it stripped teeth. If it doesn't fire back up with a new belt, check the cam isn't worn and the lug on the cam pulley is still there.
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EltonJohnInNova
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yeah thanks john, the belt looks very like old, lol previous owners bunch of bell ends, i was thinking water pump jammed up and shredded it, but everything seems to be moving fine so im still puzzled
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EltonJohnInNova
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posted twice sorry
[Edited on 24-06-2012 by EltonJohnInNova]
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johnhara1
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It may have just got so brittle it has shredded due to it's age.
If it lost tension, a loose belt will wear quickly aswell.
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