I had a service done today by our very own skudmissile!

But upon checking the cam belt this is what we found...

John said it was the worst he's seen!

I just looked and smiled :P

Here's a picture of the beasts together... (you won't find a more powerful pair of cars together)

I'd guess that you could leave that for a few more years - that is if you believe in Santa Claus. Anti-ageing face cream might sort it out a bit - well it would fill in the "pores", its bound to work I've seen it on the TV!

I'd guess that you could leave that for a few more years - that is if you believe in Santa Claus. Anti-ageing face cream might sort it out a bit - well it would fill in the "pores", its bound to work I've seen it on the TV!

Out of interest, how old is the car, and how many miles ?

RBW.

~9 years old

142k miles

so im guessing that belt has never been off then ?

From the looks of it :P

Unless it was done at 60k or something... haha

At this thread.

Its not entirly the worst one I have seen..... but the others involved pistons kissing valves and valve stems shapped like bannanas

Dont worry though folks, its soon to be fixed

Whoa!!! Lucky you found that when you did , it looks not long for this world!

I'm afrayed that doesn't look too good!

Looking at your photo, it seems to have some surface rust on the cam sprocket and surrounding area, is there water getting in there?

Looking at your photo, it seems to have some surface rust on the cam sprocket and surrounding area, is there water getting in there?

Its only light surface rust, nothing bad really. probably made worse by the high iron content in the steel used for the pully.

Its only light surface rust, nothing bad really. probably made worse by the high iron content in the steel used for the pully.

Dude know all his shit!

I've taken a worse one off a Scirocco I owned- it had cracked only in one place but was 1/2 way through- that was 60k miles/10 years old, in the days when no change interval was specified.