eternally_troubled wrote:Jameshambleton wrote:So on my way to Huddersfield to pick up some tyres from a fellow forum member I believe that the cam chain tensioner suddenly failed or the cam chain has jumped some teeth that may have possibly rammed the valves into my piston while I was doing 70mph 55 miles away from home. I'll have the valve cover off tomorrow to see what I find, and yes for the imminent response yes it was another fucking horse box moment as RAC have changed their number yet again
Yikes!
It is possible the tensioner failed - was it making any noise beforehand?
tensioner hasn't failed, plug is a complete mess though... well what's left of it.