Cambelt snapped on my escort van, there was no drama about how it happened, was doing 70mph it's literally cut out with no other sounds just rolled to the side of the M3, any ideas whether it'll be sh****d or not?

Thanks

 

It is an interference engine , and I have known these when they go at this speed to snap camshaft and tear the cam out of the head , would just take rocker cover off and see if you can see daylight between cam and bucket and quick look at cam itself .

 

+1 defo goosed.

 

yep ive seen them crack the guides too

 

Took cam cover off and the cambelt was in 2 bits??? Don't know if something ceased maybe? Cam itself is fine no leaks or nothing around the engine bay, but I'm guessing it's game over

 

ive known the cambelt to snap at idle and still snap the cam and rip the cam carrirs out of the head as it happened to me id just started it up!
ive never known one not do damage but the only way to tell is to time it up,put a new belt on and try it who knows you could be lucky

 

And if you do put a cambelt on and it has not damaged anything else , get yourself down that road and get your lottery ticket put on as it must be your lucky week

 

1 for the recort guys, my timing belt snapped on my escort td in trafic moving slowly, put a new belt on and it fired up fine... although i did hav a tappet noise slightly so it must of caught a valve but it was fine

 

Amongst closer inspection of this internal combustion engine, I've come to the conclusion of it being f****d, but thanks for everyones input

 

im braking a escort with a sweat 1.8td engine??

 

Thanks for the offer mate got another one on it's way though

 

common fault for these to do this if cambelt not changed reg i had 4 escort vans and 3 cambelts snapped was doing about 50-80k a year so brought a new well used van when it happend had the belt changed then when it snapped i replaced the van got the vans from auctions my old man use to run 300-400 each

 

I had one before this where the engine was pukka done 240K and never let me down but the body was dented and rotten everywhere, now I got a mint looking one, but the engine is shagged