Snapped timing belt

[Keegs]

Hi Guys,

Snapped the timing belt on my 01 20v turbo leon. Bent all 12 inlet valves. was thinking it maybe cheaper to get a replacement head, could anyone recomend somewhere to get a one from

Thanks John

 

[techie]

12 exhaust valves?

12 inlet valves, 8 exhaust valves.

But yeah second hand head might be better inless you get the guides checked, they might be cracked.

 

[MrBen2k7]

Owch... bad times

 

[dippy4000]

Been there mate, really sorry hope it works out cheaper than mine did.,

 

[Captain Cupra]

oooooo i hate hearing this it makes me want to change my timing belt although its been done recently! gives me ocd!!

Sorry to hear your news mate, im not up with engine componants i know where to get heads re machined near me but i think you need more than that im not sure what to suggest buddy.

 

[techie]

I sold a 1.8T head a short while back and didnt get much for it so best have a look about.

 

[andycupra]

for information, can you confirm the age of the belt and how many miles it had covered?

thanks

 

[Keegs]

The belt was ment to have been replaced at 60k when i got the car it had 68k on it it now has 98k on

 

[andycupra]

ok so we ca take that to mean it had 98k miles on it and is say 7/8 years old?

 

[oldman]

also sounds like it wasn't changed at 60k when should have been, possibly means water pump wasn't changed either....

 

[techie]

How long ago was it changed though?

60k or four years.

 

[andycupra]

i read that it had not been changed... as he says it should have been changed at 60,000, but i got impression this had not been done.

Reason i was asking is that i actually have not seen much discussion over snapped belts, which either means its fairly rare or we are good on SCN for making sure they get changed regularly.
So any info on mileage and age of failed belts would be good.

 

[Faisal]

i narrowly avoided a disaster like this. i bought the car with an alleged timing belt change at 60k. however i was suspicious about it not being stamped.

on my 2nd service i thought its better to be safe than sorry, and got it changed with the water pump.
lets just say my car was the buzzing story all day at the garage.

aparently my timing belt was so freyed that it was a matter of DAYS before it snapped. they have never seen a timing belt frey before, its either in its entirity, or snapped. this gave me a shock+relief at the same time.

you could try getting an engine rebuild?and if you're a bit of a modder, maybe bore it out to a 2ltr at the same time? thats what i would have done if my timing belt did snap. i know someone who has rebuilt the 1.8T engines so sounded like a viable option.