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[Miggy24]

Yeh im going to get a new cambelt kit on monday.I think the last owner did the water pump and cambelt but not the rest of it as the belt and water pump dont look that old

[Andy H]

yeh i turned  it backward once alittle bit

In that case the indicator on the tensioner is misleading.

Is the nut still tight on the tensioner? Did you use a torque wrench when you fitted it?

[rustym95]

before you put new kit on would check the cam's and seats, and check clearance between them, look for a dent or fractures, and buckling on the cam's, as they make a mess if not checked when tensioner has gone and sliped belt. make a sound like the old diesel engines of the past.

[Miggy24]

i didnt check the bolts to be honest but when the belt is all tight the top of the belt going over the cams are loose

[Miggy24]

cams were checked and are all fine

[Abiton]

Dunno if this has already been said, but this trouble all seems to have started when you tried to fix the temperature gauge.  Are you sure that you didn't unplug the two-pin ECU temperature sender, and leave it disconnected, while you got the gauge sender hooked up correctly?

You seem to have a code relating to the ECU temp sender still, and if it really is not getting a signal to the ECU, the engine may struggle to run correctly, since whatever 'default' value the ECU uses will surely be a long way out either when engine is started from cold, or at operating temp. (big differences between the two just lately!).

[Miggy24]

If i have pulled a wire out tho surely it wouldnt make it run rough tho

[Andy H]

If i have pulled a wire out tho surely it wouldnt make it run rough tho

It might cause it to run rough. Difficult to know as the symptoms were all a bit mysterious.

I'm wondering whether the belt tension was already a bit slack and a period of rough running caused it to jump a tooth? or maybe it didn't jump until you had the cover off and turned it backwards slightly??

[Miggy24]

i`ll have alook at the wires behide the engine incase i have knocked a wire or something

[Miggy24]

Right well iv been talking to someone and he said to me he thinks that the cat could be blocked but is coming out 2moro to have alook

[RobG]

Right well iv been talking to someone and he said to me he thinks that the cat could be blocked but is coming out 2moro to have alook

I would have thought if the cat was blocked you`d have hell`s own work trying to start it as there wouldn`t be an outlet for the exhaust gases :-/

[Miggy24]

Well when the car is cold first thing in the morning its starts up no prob at all but after turning the car over or running it a few times it gets harder and harder to start

[Miggy24]

Right well not good new i had someone out to have alook at the engine and he has told me that the big ends or little ends cant remember what ones now have gone and what be cheaper to put another lump in

[Welung666]

Right well not good new i had someone out to have alook at the engine and he has told me that the big ends or little ends cant remember what ones now have gone and what be cheaper to put another lump in

You'd only get that from oil starvation surely! Is it all timed back up again with a new belt kit and tensioner?

[RobG]

Right well not good new i had someone out to have alook at the engine and he has told me that the big ends or little ends cant remember what ones now have gone and what be cheaper to put another lump in

The words "cattle" and "excrement" spring to mind. Is this person a mechanic or spanner jerker?