dirtyninety Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Right, my friends 200tdi is very poorly, it had a terrible terrible knock, so we presumed big ends thus took the engine out did the big ends and piston rings put it back together and started to wind the engine over by hand and stil clunk clunk, so we took the timing cover off and the bolt out the end of the camshaft had come out and been chattering againt the timing chest cover. Annd his 6 month old timing belt had partially eaten its self. Now.... Is it possible that the cam shaft can have jiggled forward or backwards? we have taken off the inspection cover and the follows don't look inline with the cams? Is it supposed to be like this? Only the second third and seventh followers actually go up down...... Has the cam shaft snapped?! Seriously need help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynall Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Right, my friends 200tdi is very poorly, it had a terrible terrible knock, so we presumed big ends thus took the engine out did the big ends and piston rings put it back together and started to wind the engine over by hand and stil clunk clunk, so we took the timing cover off and the bolt out the end of the camshaft had come out and been chattering againt the timing chest cover. Annd his 6 month old timing belt had partially eaten its self. Now.... Is it possible that the cam shaft can have jiggled forward or backwards? we have taken off the inspection cover and the follows don't look inline with the cams? Is it supposed to be like this? Only the second third and seventh followers actually go up down...... Has the cam shaft snapped?! Seriously need help!! I cant remember what holds the cam in but i do know on the 200tdi engine the cam bearings have a habit of moving out of position causing a drop in oil pressure. I seem to remember there being some sort of thrust plate the drive belt end of the camshaft. Lynall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 cam can't move, there's a end float thrust plate at the front end. see page 190, item 2 , sounds like the pushrods are bent, so valves not opening. you won't know if the cam has sheared until you remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 The head is off, and all the pushrods are perfect, all the rockers are perfect. Now taken the followers out and we can see the cam is completely out of alignment, some of those little wheel things have been running along side the cams this not moving the follower and push rod. Now just got to workout how its moved... To remove the cam shaft do you have to completely remove the timing chest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes, timing case has to be completely removed, to access the thrust plate & it's 2 bolts, all the cam followers, vacuum pump & it's drive shaft,fuel lift pump must be removed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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