Lude Generation

Gutted. will check the belt when i have the chance but im not sure on what kind of damage it will have done. whats the worst case scenario? from some of the reading i have been doing it would imply that its going to be localised to the head of the engine? is this correct? or is it going to be better to get a whole engine to drop in?

Any advice would be appreciated.

My poor baby!

If not in vtec at the time, probably no damage at all.

Really? i was at pretty low revs, under 3k i think, but i thought it was the gearbox slipping at first so i crawled it a little way, it was only when it became pretty much impossible to move to a soundtrack of intermittent and loud bangs that i pulled over and it wouldnt restart. whats the best course of action from here then?

Yep, it's been discussed a bit on here in the past, the H22 is non interference out of vtec.

Just put a new belt on and hopefully off you go................

loud bangs might give a little clue to the question of damage probably find you have damaged the valves time it up fit the belt do a compression test go from there

it was still just about driving right up till i pulled up though, it was just like it was slipping in and out of power. is it worth doing all that or would i best to source another head to put on before doing the belt? if the valves are damaged is it just a case of putting another head on?

mercutio wrote:time it up fit the belt do a compression test go from there

Exactly that. If the compression comes back good, then happy days
You honestly have nothing to lose by trying it (except a good few hours, a bit of knuckle skin and some swear words)

you make me feel guilty about my bb4... Paint or cambelt and service, paint or cambelt and service... Paint won

Im not too confident on trying the cambelt change, thats the problem (and the reason i never got around to it).

how do i time the cams? is it just a case of lining up the markers on the pulleys?

and the crank pulley

Had a read through the guide. not liking the look of it! what special tools am i gonna need to do the job? and should i be doing the tensioner and stuff at the same time?