[928uk] Cambelt - again

[Mark Breton via 928uk]

Thanx all

Had an interesting chat with an Engineer from Braunton Eng and he had me
giving serious thought to doing the cambelt myself however contact has now
been made with PA and the car is booked in

Cheers all

Mark

On 2 September 2015 at 09:27, Paul Lacey via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I would have no qualms about driving the car if it was mine with only
> 10,000 miles on a belt, take the top cover off (drivers side is easy) and
> have a look at the belt through one rev of engine if it really bothers you
> but although it's overdue date wise modern belt technology has come a long
> way and 10,000 miles is nothing !
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Paul L
>
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> *From:* Simon Crowe via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> *To:* Kevin Fearon <kevin_fearon at yahoo.co.uk>
> *Cc:* "928uk at lists.928.org.uk" <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 9:11
>
> *Subject:* Re: [928uk] Cambelt - again
>
> Sounds like a unanimous vote to get the TB service before driving.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2 Sep 2015, at 09:02, Kevin Fearon <kevin_fearon at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> S2, and other 4.7l engines are interference engines; the earlier 4.5l
> engines weren't as far as I know
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Simon Crowe via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> *To:* Neil Bennet <nrb928 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* "928uk at lists.928.org.uk" <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 8:49
> *Subject:* Re: [928uk] Cambelt - again
>
> I've only ever had 32v engines , but isn't the S2 engine non-interference?
>
> If that is the case, is there any danger in using it whilst waiting for a
> service slot to become available at a recognised repairer?
>
>
>
> > On 2 Sep 2015, at 08:40, Neil Bennet via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > I would personally wait for PA to be available, he did mine and I trust
> him.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >> On 2 Sep 2015, at 08:12, Mark Breton via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> I have just re-taxed the car as am fed up with fettling and want to
> drive it before winter sets in but I know the cambelt needs changing.
> Previously when I raised this members suggested PA in Stroud but
> unfortunately he doesnt respond to either phone, text or E mail. So I have
> shopped around and had either much higher prices or people that dont give
> me confidence that they know what they are doing by wanting the car for
> several days.
> >> Not sure what to do at this point
> >> The cambelt was changed in 2007 but the car has only done 10k miles
> since, Im not thrashing it so should I wait till PA comes back on stream or
> find
> >> AN Other ?  I am near Southampton & Portsmouth Porsche are about £1100,
> BK Performance Essex are £525, RGA Porsche are £600 for labour + parts & a
> couple of days and I have called a number of others with varied responses.
> >>
> >> Anybody got good experience at reasonable cost ?
> >>
> >> Thanks Mark
> >>
> >> 1984 S2 manual
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >> Mark Breton
> >> MWB Technical Services Ltd
> >> Technical Consultant
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Regards
Mark Breton
MWB Technical Services Ltd
Technical Consultant
+44(0)7962 059710
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