Cambelt- 1.7 Diesel

Jono

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I read (Parkers Car Check - a UK thing?) that cambelt failure in the XU series engine is always terminal. Presumably this applies to the XUD?

Anyone had cambelt failure & survived?

Are there any easy checks without taking the head off?
Thanks
Jono
 
Hi There,

I assume you mean a BX diesel, unfortunatly these cars were never sold in Australia.... However point your browser to:

http://members4.boardhost.com/citroen_bx/

The BX Citroen board, it's mostly UK based but they have much experiance with diesel engine BX's and cam belt breakages.

I have heard of them breaking at low engine speads and surviving, but there is only one way to find out.....

good luck,

Shane Leviston
 
Originally posted by Jono:

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Anyone had cambelt failure & survived?

Well, it's not possible to have a cambelt breakdown and surviuve due to the engines geometry. Pistons are bound to crash with the valves (or at least one of them....) causing damage. I've experienced a cambelt breakdown at low RPM with my 17 TRD (Norwegian designation - not to be mixed with the english "turd")Camshaft broke, but beyond that - no damage so far (the car has run approx. 10k km after the incident)

Are there any easy checks without taking the head off?

Yes, a compression test would give you a lot of info.



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Regards
Geir-K. (NO)

-89 BX 17 TRD
-89 BX 14 RE
 
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