boy benz 5 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 Hi all, i have a 2dr 1989 318i M40 BMW One day i was driving along traffic at about 40-50 ks and all of a sudden the car lost power, it turned off, i tried turning it back on and a winding noise started going. sounds like something spinning . i pull over. get it towed to mechanic. Mechanic says cambelt. Check Cambelt, Cambelt was torn, New Cambelt has been fitted Turn key and its still doing the same thing, same noise. I Can see the new Cambelt is turning everything Any suggestions on what this problem could be. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polley 916 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 Well if it had broke the cam belt it is likely it has bent valves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorburn 120 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 air, fuel and correctly timed spark Do your valves all still exist? Is your cam timing correct? Are your spark plugs firing? Are you getting fuel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jono51 58 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) Broken cambelt =replace engine Have several longblocks,just bolt on your manifolds Sartre etc Edited December 17, 2011 by JKSE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boy benz 5 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 air, fuel and correctly timed spark Do your valves all still exist? Is your cam timing correct? Are your spark plugs firing? Are you getting fuel? We are going to check compression tommorow . I got the timing marks off a BMW forum thru google. Timing is correct because it wouldnt be turning if it wasn't? We are going to check the rest of the stuff tommorow so tommorow i will know if i need a long block or not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boy benz 5 Report post Posted December 17, 2011 Broken cambelt =replace engine Have several longblocks,just bolt on your manifolds Sartre etc PM'd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
