Cambelt Stripped

[dirtbiker]

Hey all,

Last night I managed to strip the cambelt teeth on my Seat Ibiza 1.4 and I was wondering if anyone has any idea how much damage there's likely to be (all my tools are at home in Southampton and I'm at uni in Nottingham so I can't have a look at the moment!)

Basically what happened is I stopped at some traffic lights and the revs fell straight to zero. Tried turning it over a few times but no luck (obviously). I'm guessing that there will have been some valve-piston contact but is this likely to have damaged the pistons or just bent the valves?

If I can get away with replacing the valves or the head than that's probably cost effective but I'm not sure I can justify an engine swap (as its the base model anyway so no electical goodies, which I'd like!)

Any thoughts until I get my tools up here to see for myself?

[Fish-Finger-er]

if it was at low revs, which by the sounds of it it was, you may be lucky and get away with little damage

if its at higher revs, then theres a strong possibility youve bent valves, chance of piston damage to beyond usability(there may be a small surfact indent, but thats pretty rare) is extremely unlikely. may find camshaft brackets have cracked. but yes, pretty sure youll get away with just a top end rebuild.

hell, dispite having owned a 1.4 seat ibiza(n reg) im not aware wether its an interference engine or not, hell if it aint, whack a new belt on, time it up, and drive it away.

[dirtbiker]

Unfortunately it is an interferance engine but with any luck the damage will be minimal.

I've managed to source a 1.6 engine so I'll either swap the block and head or just the head if needs be.

Cheers