[Healeys] Non Healey engine question.

David Porter frogeye at porterscustom.com
Fri Sep 16 12:02:30 MDT 2016


...flood the combustion chambers with fuel.. leak by test. Do the valves 
move smoothly through the range of travel.... dave


On 9/16/2016 8:23 AM, Michael.salter at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I have been tasked with repairing my B in L's 2008 Saturn Astra.
> 1.8 litre Ecotec engine.
> Cam belt shredded.
> Some sites say this an interferrence engine some not... I can see no 
> evidence of the valves having touched any piston.
> The exhaust cam appears to have slipped about 270 degrees and there is 
> NO compression.
> The question is...if there are no marks on the pistons can I be fairly 
> confident that the valves are okay and installing a new belt and 
> resetting the timing will be all that is needed?
> Michael S
> BN1 # 174
>
>
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