Recent content by k12broke

sounds like chain to me :-(, could be one of the coil packs on the way out though so intermitent running on three, check the chain tension first see how far its out, if thats ok then move on to others, bad missfire will cause engine light to flash which means it could cause damage to cat

Is there anything other than a faulty ecu that would cause the coil packs to burn out ? 2 went swaped round to work out which ones and which plugs, replaced 2 with used but working ones, they lasted less than 2 hrs and both replacment ones died, have replaced them again and put a new earth to...

there is little chance of it jumping teeth then still running, more likely the chain is stretched, if it had jumped 2 teeth the engine light would be on constantly due to the amount the timing would be out, check how far out the tensioner is on the chain before doing anything else, when the...

Just completed this job myself and noticed a big improvement, the chain's should have never gone in the fist place, If I had to do this again I would do it in the car, drill 2 holes to gain access to the oil pick up pipe and take the front cover off, would save having to pull the top sump...

Thanks I'm off down to hopefully finish it off tonight, will bolt it to body work, its only taken me 5 month to replace the timing chain :o

This may sound daft but where does it go to ?, I have one end attached to the top alternator bracket which it has not been removed from and I have found a few pics on the net to verify that. but I cant find one that shows where it goes, does it bolt onto the rear of the alternator or is it to...

side cover is this on the end of the engine where timing chain is, did have a quick look but nothing stood out, will go down to garage and remove that first and report back

I replaced the top cam sensor and got the code cleared, it ran for 2 days and threw up cam sensor fault again, it refused to be wiped clear, refused to start and was pushed into the garden where it sat for a month, the battery was not disconnected, it started first time and no fault, I would...

Hello all, hope you can help The daughter has a k12 with what appears to be the dreaded stretched timing chain it died and has been sat for a month and the bloody thing started first time and the fault has gone but not going to trust it so thought I would change it and be done with it. Is...