Hi I am new to this forum
Could anyone help me I have got a land rover discovery 300tdi last feel me engine blow up I changed the engine fitted my fuel pump to the new engine fitted a cambelt and tensioner bilt it all up ran nice took it on a good 10 mile drive and it ran nice and pull well next day I went out in it and drove well for about 10 minutes then lost power and engine made a noise would not re start got car towed home and found that the cambelt had melted and twisted around gears and it had bent all the push rods and a rocker re-bilt the cylinder got a another cambelt put cam belt on and turned engine around by hand and noticed that the cambelt was running just off the wheels by about 5mm so looked on the internet and people talk about the bottom crankshaft gear modifide gear thats as a edge around it took this off my old engine refitted the cambelt turned the engine around by hand and the belt runs up agantesed the edge of the crank gear is this right or not.
Please someone help thanks for your time
Could anyone help me I have got a land rover discovery 300tdi last feel me engine blow up I changed the engine fitted my fuel pump to the new engine fitted a cambelt and tensioner bilt it all up ran nice took it on a good 10 mile drive and it ran nice and pull well next day I went out in it and drove well for about 10 minutes then lost power and engine made a noise would not re start got car towed home and found that the cambelt had melted and twisted around gears and it had bent all the push rods and a rocker re-bilt the cylinder got a another cambelt put cam belt on and turned engine around by hand and noticed that the cambelt was running just off the wheels by about 5mm so looked on the internet and people talk about the bottom crankshaft gear modifide gear thats as a edge around it took this off my old engine refitted the cambelt turned the engine around by hand and the belt runs up agantesed the edge of the crank gear is this right or not.
Please someone help thanks for your time