Hello,
My name is Matt, I recently purchased a 405 mi16 that has passed through some hands on here (CaM) and am looking forward to jumping head first into the life of being a french car owner..
I already know a few of you guys, so hopefully I will fit in!
Am looking forward to learning how to fix all the broken shit on it. ha
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Welcome along!
HELLO MATTHEW
CaMual, do you know when the cambelt is due in this puppy?
It has stopped smoking btw :)
Was it you i saw cruizin down the highway the other day with headphones on? lol
no idea.
yeah the smoke was becoming less and less after putting a decent exhaust and new oil in it. think the guy i bought it off just nana'd the shit out of it with thin oil. god knows.
no idea on cambelt sorry bud. wouldn't hurt to do one asap though :)
Before you do that. Just be weary that it's about $450 in parts to do the tensioners/belt and pump. I have a thread on it in the cit forum I think?
If you know an engineer or somesuch they may be able to re-build your tenioners for cheap. Those are the spensy bits.
Quote from: K-Bar on November 01, 2011, 04:06:37 PM
Was it you i saw cruizin down the highway the other day with headphones on? lol
It seems highly likely, was out of tapes!
From that thread
QuoteCambelt and Tensioners from BNT - $265.46 excl
Waterpump and seals from EML - approx $120 excl
I got cam and crank seals at the same time. Think the w/pump was about $75 excl
if you do it, lemme know and I'll jack the bits up for you bud. I've got a belt and tensioners in stock at home. probably got a water pump too. che.
as for rebuilding tensioners: I've studied them and, bugger that.
better living errone
Just a little advice, if you don't know the condition of the cam belt - do it now! They go ping and so do your valves, no warning. Mine did just before I was going to replace it of course....... Cheaper to do preventative maintenance than rebuild head!.