when i see so many lovely lookin cossies that owners have spent many £1000's on the body work and engine do they not fit a CAMBELT COVER ON !! FFS askin for trouble

 

Think 2 reasons... ive heard they are fiddly to get on and off, and 2 can keep an eye on the belt... However that just what i was told by a mate with a Cossie.

Must say i find it odd they dont got back on, and is one of my pet hates

 

because it just something else to take off when they brake

more seriously cossies piss oil out round the front all the time, i know of a few who have been unaware of an oil leak right up to the time when they snapped.

and why asking for trouble dont shove anything into the moving belt and your fine

 

stones, escaped nuts & bolts etc.

i knows loads of people don't run them including people who rally it with no probs, but not something i would take the risk on.

 

u can check the belt with the cover on easy enough look around the back of the cover all it takes is a stone into your belt

 

have heard of belts failing due to oil damage ,never heard of one though stone damage, but i stand to be corrected

 

looks good as well

 

I don't have mine fitted.

 

im sure the belts are made so that oil dont affect them

could be wrong but im sure thats what gates told me about there belts due to engine bays being left to the elements ect that they are tested and thats why you should change them regular as thats when they get soft and the cord gets attacked by the oil

just what the company told me who make belts so could be a load of bollox

 

My dads one aint fitted to lol

 

WTF does Bill know about these things???

He should stick to computers!!!

 

the idea makes sence though

they are the biggest company who ONLY make rubber belts for almost every car COMPANY aswell as to sell on after and other stuff that uses belts

it makes sence they use a design that aint affect by heat cycles/ different weather seasons/water and other things that will affect the lifetime of it inside the engine bay

if the cars dripping with oil then thats a different matter but they the spinning at 4 times a second would also act like a tumble dryer and throw it off the belt too before it soaked it aswell wouldnt it ?

 

either way bloody stupid leaving them off IMO

 

mate,,, the main reason there on there is to stop people loosing a finger by pionting to a mechanic where the problem is with the engine running or reaching down for there screwdriver/bulb cover/ lighter they dropped in the engine bay when they left the engine running


same reason they fit warnings on rollercoasters about " dont get out of the ride until the ride has stopped" signs

 

I agree you should keep the covers on, but I like to check tension/condition and camseals regularly and fuck taking it off and on evertime

 

I think there tacky looking!


Same with rst's

 

check cambelt tension

mate before you know its loose the engine will fail,,,, thats a pointless check mate

how do you check cam seals ?

condition,, again how do you check that, have you ever noticed one thats failing before it has INTIME !!!

change em BEFORE there ment to be and stop looking at em,, may aswell look outside your window and wait for the person to break into it

 

cambelt cover is there for a reason so leave it in place unless you want to give it large like ooh! look at my vernier pulleys


Luciano

 

on the same note, if you have got rusty old cam pullys PUT THE FUCKING THING BACK ON !!!!

its like a fat bird wearing a belly top

 

Not really Cossie related, but I had a 2 ltre Cortina with no cam belt cover and the damn thing broke down after driving through a snow drift It took me ages to find that some snow had got under the belt and it had slipped about 4 teeth

Mark

 

 

 

You can see my Verniers with the cover on.



Excuse the state of it under the bonnet, the pic is from when I picked the car up.

 

Stretch knows a good reason why to leave them off

 

i dont run one as i like to check the condition of teh belt etc

but cossie cambelt covers are a pain in teh arse

mine always rubbed on teh bottom pulley and took it off just incase it did decide to break through and a bit of plastic got stuck in teh teeth of the pulley

i have one now which is in half just to cover up the rusty pulleys

as i couldnt get it to fit correct at th bottom due to the pulleys

plus its going to be quite rare to get a stone in there anyhow unless you hit a gravel patch on a track day

 

Ginge im paranoid (and yes I do look out at my garage everytime i hear a noisy )

Ive just put a second set of camseals in due to the coonts leaking, if id left the cover on id never have known.

I guess your right about the tension/condition point but its down to the owner at the end of the day.

 

i would never leave mine off to much of a risk imo!!

 

but not as unlucky too get some snow in the pully moving it 4 teeth

he must have thrown a mirror at a family of black cats crossing its path and got cursed at assembly at harry potters school

theres more chance winning the lottery i bet,,,,, bet he wished he spent the pound now

 

Ginge !

your not half right there mate

wouldnt of thought snow could do that onto a hot engine aswell

must of been ice

 

that was my point,,,,, the snow got though the grill and built up with the melting factor and still managed to damage the engine

he must have been one of those kids from final destination,,,, cheat death so ANY way to kill the engine and it happens,,,, SNOW,,,,,,, the odds on that happening to be the reason why to keep the cam belt cover off,,,,, you may aswell worry about the factor of meteors falling out the sky stone chippling you windscreen or running over a shadow that looks like jesus

if it happens again i sugest STAYING THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME

i doubt even SiB has had that happen to him,,,,,,,,,,,,, YET !!!

 

unless it was in the north pole through a snow storm with no bonnet on

 

in that case he was just ASKING for trouble

 

I put an cambelt cover back on my old motor.(a brand new mirage stainless one) And after ?? miles the bolt that goes through middle of pulleys worked loose and dropped into crankshaft pulley which in turn took it back up via belt through exhaust pulley. So as far as i'm concerned wot with rad, intercooler and wot ever else in front of the belt you will be hard done by to get anything in there apart from fingers lol

So from putting cambelt cover ON i got this



Which resulted in this

 

what a lorry driver doing a 3 point turn with you cossie on the back

 

Aint ya supposed to locktight that bolt mate

 

guilty, no cam cover, what about a [poll between who has wrecked a engine with stones bolts ect with/without a cover on
this would infuence me as to wether to put it on again -wen it moves

 

good call!! hang on my man!