Yellow Soot Monster - Ibiza FR Hybrid
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Bit of bad news on saturday.. was driving to a friends house, pulled into the turning and as I put my foot on the accelerator, a loud bang and a 'tinging' noise started, at first I thought it was just a boost hose popped off (quite a normal occurrence because of the pressure its running) but then the engine died.. opening the bonnet and removing the cam cover it was apparent that the cam belt has completely stripped.. pretty much every one of the teeth has been stripped off.. hopefully the valves haven't bent/camshaft has ben damaged..
Paulie..
Paulie..
it is a bit annoying really, the Cambelt went a while back and was fixed by Jabbasport.. I took it down to Unit 18 this morning and let Ali have a look at it. he showed me what the problem was straight away.. it appears that the cambelt that was fitted isn't an OEM one but actually a 'pattern' part.. this was easily identified because the OEM belts are kevlar coated, the belt that was fitted to my Ibiza has no coating over it
It sounded like the valves have bent by the tinging noise it made before dying, just hope that its not taken out the camshaft as thats an expensive fix
Cheers matey, I'm hoping its not going to be too expensive.. only time will tellThat's bad news Paulie
Hopefully the damage isn't bad
Paulie..
hmm well I'm pretty sure that the valves are bent so they'll need replacing.. hopefully its just that though
Paulie..
Paulie..
yeah, just not sure on what to upgrade though.. don't think there are pistons available (I believe they're already forged) and the rods are trapezoid so they're super strong.. only the cambelt needs to be stronger need to look into a 1.8T chain conversion lol
Paulie..
need to look into a 1.8T chain conversion lolPaulie..
Rods are available - Rosten Rodsyeah, just not sure on what to upgrade though.. don't think there are pistons available (I believe they're already forged) and the rods are trapezoid so they're super strong.. only the cambelt needs to be stronger
Paulie..
Keep same pistons just need ones if they are damaged.
You can get a more aggressive cam from Colt cams in the states
Injectors
With the above you will push a lot more power.
to be honest though, the standard rods should be strong enough to hold the power I'm going to put through it. The cam and injectors sound like a good idea, only problem is that I don't have the spare cash about at the minute, just paid off my boarding holiday for january and its left me a bit short. I know that injectors are going to set me back over the 1k mark and I just don't have that laying about
Paulie..
Sorry to here this, must be a right pain having no car
it is annoying not having the car, but its not my daily so its not essential that I have it, just nice to take the ibiza out for a spin instead of the Merc Sprinter lol.
Its a completely unmarked cambelt so not got any ideas who its made by. what kind of power are you running in your ibiza?
Paulie..
no its not the power that puts the strain on the belt, I was told that its how aggressively the fuel is injected is what puts the strain on the cambelt (I'm sure maz will confirm/put me straight )
you should be fine with a stage 1
Paulie..
) you should be fine with a stage 1
Paulie..
s7ocky09
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Have I seen you down MK cruise at the old hockey stadium? Im sure I have lol. I drive a yellow mk4 DAB, so only a 1.4 But sure ive seen you around beautiful car by the way!
But sure ive seen you around beautiful car by the way!
I have been down to the hockey stadium once in the last couple of months but I don't hang around over there. Not really my kind of scene
I'm pretty sure that I see your car there when I was there
Thanks, its really difficult to keep clean, but I love it so much..
Paulie..
I'm pretty sure that I see your car there when I was there
Thanks, its really difficult to keep clean, but I love it so much..
Paulie..
s7ocky09
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Yeh im sure it was you cos i was thinking about the smoke you was chucking out lol! Looks great
ha ha, yeah thats definitely mine the amount of soot it chucks out is a bit OTT.. will be a thing of the past as soon as its sorted out.. Thanks by the way
Paulie..
the amount of soot it chucks out is a bit OTT.. will be a thing of the past as soon as its sorted out.. Thanks by the way Paulie..
Really sorry to hear about the bad news. Just would like to know when you had the rear number plate area and side reflectors sprayed gloss black where they removed? if so how do they come of the rear bumper.
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