timing belt snapped 1.2st engine

[dougie_boi]

morning all hope your having a better day than me lol. timing belt snapped on me when dropping the mrs off erlier. was just reversing so wasnt going at a great speed. does anybody know if it breaks the belt will it hit the valves im sure there was plenty clearence on these engines but not 100% sure on this one. can anybody shed some light on this for me.
big massive thanks to all who reply :)

[nova ian]

I had a cambelt go on my 1.2spi, but didn't realise and tried bumping it/turning it over loads and chucked a new belt on and ran it again with no prblems at all! :thumb:

[bmw156]

yeh, i think your safe espically as it was small speeds.

just time it up, and whip a new belt on

[dougie_boi]

excellent guys thanks for the quick replies :thumb:

[AlexW]

ST's are safe for sure :)

Just make sure you line up the markings right and turn it over by hand first.

[dougie_boi]

ST's are safe for sure :)

Just make sure you line up the markings right and turn it over by hand first. will do mate. just had a look and the belt not snapped its ripped the teeth off the belt lol

[Stuart]

look at changing the water pump too... it could have been that, that siezed and ripped the teeth off

[dougie_boi]

look at changing the water pump too... it could have been that, that siezed and ripped the teeth off yeah id be as well when im in there thanks stuart and to everybody else whos replied big squeezy man hugs and plus rep for yous :) :thumb:

[dougie_boi]

new water pump and belt just arrived so will find out shortly lol

[Jack]

yeh, i think your safe espically as it was small speeds.

Speed doesn't reaaaaallly make that much difference though tbh. My mate snapped his 306 timing belt on ~900rpm and it bent all the valves.

If a piston is going to touch the valves, it'll touch them. Sure if its going balls out it may do a little more damage, but bent valves are pretty useless as much as smashed ones.

[AlexW]

Thats true rj, i was told the X16XE in my tigra snapped the cambelt at 5000-6000rpm and only bent 6 valves lol

[dougie_boi]

shes alive :smile: found out that the cam had partialy siezed due to the fact that the mrs has been running it with no oil in it.:eek: so took off the dizzy and cam locking plate cracked the head bolts carefully to get some clearance from the lifters pulled the cam through slightly caked the journals and cam with oil then put it back in place along with the locking plate dizzy etc and turned by hand ok after that so put new belt and water pump on and she went first turn been out for a quick spin and all is good :smile:

[AlexW]

Teach her how to put oil in now lol

[dougie_boi]

im sick of showing her lol il be taking the car off her lol and she can walk her a55 17 miles to her work lol