Originally Posted by fudgeass
no mate, didnt have it compression tested, i am borrowing my mates comp tester later so ill have a go with that.
wouldnt have thought it would crack, it just the cam belt that snapped.
it says in the haynes to time it with tdc on the compression stroke.
Well....you never know what may happen - I'm sure if you got smacked by a piston going x mph I'm sure there's a possibly you might crack! LOL! Not saying its happened but you've got to explore every possibility!!!
Yeah....compression stroke sounds about right - you sure you turned the engine the correct way when you timed her up??
I had a similar problem once when I rebuild one of my engines - the car would run on all cylinders but VERY VERY badly - would hardly rev up. I changed every possible ancillary - fuel reg, MAP sensor, ECU etc etc - turned out to be that the timing was 1 tooth out!!!!
