:( :( engine

[steve m]

So, I met up with Tony, his Neighbours, mate of mine from work, had a great day,
great cross country on the way home spoiled by some twats in slow cars and a camper van,
Tony got past the campertwit, easily, I did but painfully as I had a misfire as I went past the caravan on a transit,
anyway, serious miss fire, al the way home, following TC,
in my head it was a broken plug, or a lead had fell off, or anything not serious

But of coarse it was none of the above, not plugs nor leads, nor blocked jets,
so at home a compression test,
No1 13 bar
no 2 13 bar
no 3 13 bar
no 4 2 bar

bollox, so I whip the cam cover off, and spin it over, and what do I find ?

[Tony C]

Steve,

That's bad news, I thought it was unlike you to go for the overtake straight away too. Sounds serious, dropped valve?

If you need a hand with anything give me shout, I owe you a favour or tow

Cheers

Tony

[Phil N]

Bad times, hope you're sorted soon.

[Mattijs]

So what did you find, Steve? Camshaft broken in two?

Nice zetec for sale elsewhere on the forum...

[graham b]

Bad luck mate.
Sorry to hear it

[steve m]

So what did you find, Steve? Camshaft broken in two?

Nice zetec for sale elsewhere on the forum...

Matt got it, well done, it appears to be a break between 3+4 as 123 were working fine, and not 4

its an engine out AGAIN, and hopefully just a recam, I do have some spares

[DJ.]

Sorry to hear that

[b33fy]

bit of a PITA Steve, if you get stuck I'm sure I can sort you out with half a Rover engine cheap.

[locost220]

Bad news mate but could have been a lot worse.
Rich

[greenwoo]

so in an effort to learn.....how come the engine has to come out Steve?