After putting this beast back together recently I have done two head retensions and it's been going nicely but just not quite right.
Two days ago I lifted the bonnet to show a fellow Pug person and noticed oil coming out from the timing chest.
This engine sat on a bench for 3 years after my house burned down and after I had assembled it with a new timing belt and seals.
However I think that the assembly grease must have gone stiff so on startup both the engine seal and the one on the oil pump shaft must have lost a chunk, so they leaked badly.
OK that's cool, but then I found a badly shredded timing belt. It had strands of metal separating around the inner edge. After 1500K's I've never seen anything like it.
Seems the engine sprocket that drives the belt was particularly worn out, with a big dip in the middle, resulting in very sharp edges. I tried grinding some off but after further investigation realized that I need a new or good one as a replacement. That ain't gunna last 100,000K's with a dip like that.
Here's the belt that got oiled up and started to shred.
Two days ago I lifted the bonnet to show a fellow Pug person and noticed oil coming out from the timing chest.
This engine sat on a bench for 3 years after my house burned down and after I had assembled it with a new timing belt and seals.
However I think that the assembly grease must have gone stiff so on startup both the engine seal and the one on the oil pump shaft must have lost a chunk, so they leaked badly.
OK that's cool, but then I found a badly shredded timing belt. It had strands of metal separating around the inner edge. After 1500K's I've never seen anything like it.
Seems the engine sprocket that drives the belt was particularly worn out, with a big dip in the middle, resulting in very sharp edges. I tried grinding some off but after further investigation realized that I need a new or good one as a replacement. That ain't gunna last 100,000K's with a dip like that.
Here's the belt that got oiled up and started to shred.