shades
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 11:32 AM |
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engine cam belt covers?
Rebuilding my 4age and wonder if I should leave off the Cam belt covers or repaint and put back on?
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 02:15 PM |
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Although they look much better without i'd say put it back on,
I once dropped a bolt in that area and daren't start the car up until I found it because the pulleys were exposed....
and sure enough the bolt was trapped in/behind the crank pulley and a gear 
Could have been a very expencive mistake!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 04:01 PM |
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Small pebbles ect make a mess of your valves when they get in between the pulley n belt, leave them on.
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stevec
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 04:10 PM |
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I agree, leave them on.
Steve,
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Dale
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 05:00 PM |
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I say off but then I have a non interference engine. If its going to risk valve damage from a thrown belt then covers on or make up some very fine
perferated steel ones and chrome them.
Dale
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 05:42 PM |
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i would put them back on !
may look good but when thing enter it ends up costing you loads of money for a head rebuild !!
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shades
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 07:14 PM |
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Great thanks guys, back on they go 
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chockymonster
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| posted on 30/4/06 at 08:39 PM |
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How about the best of both worlds
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/5/06 at 10:29 AM |
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I will have no cambelt cover as I can't get the 8mm extra height in under the bonnet!
HOWEVER!!!!!!
NEVER use a part cover or a cover with holes in!!!
With NO cover, stones tend to get flicked out from whence they came, and with a FULL cover then don't get in to start with, but with a PART
cover, they can get in and then not get out again.
As an example, with the vauxhall XE engine, a lot of people remove the front cambelt cover but leave the black steel rear cover in place (because you
need to remove all the pulleys etc to remove it)
This leaves a nice trough to catch stones and hold them against the cambelt.
Also I have seen covers with holes cut to expose the pulleys, not a good idea at all as again, stones can get in and not out!
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