Hi All

 

friend of mine has recently acquired a 54 plate 1.2 Ambiente Fab hatch with a snapped Timing chain, apparently the Chain snapped on "start up" can anyone advise wether this would have bent the valves at all with it only being on start up?

 

many thanks

Probably yeah.

Valve guides are common and weak also so worth changing if possible.

Thanks

What? I didn't know a timing chain can snap. That's pretty f**ed up. I should replace my 1.4 mpi's asap, it's 115.000+ miles.

The 1.2 and 1.4 is very different, the common thing being the chain guides fail on the 1.2.

What? I didn't know a timing chain can snap. That's pretty f**ed up. I should replace my 1.4 mpi's asap, it's 115.000+ miles.

 

It won't snap on yours. Never heard of it happening on that engine. They are a duplex chain too.

The mpi chains have no interval and are basically run until you can't stand the noise anymore, it's a very different design to the 1.2 and much less prone to failure.

thanks all, i have another question.

 

mate has turned up a 1.2 3 pot engine from a 2010 Ibiza, are the blocks the same? as in straight switch over unbolt ancillaries etc and away you go does anyone know? 

 

thanks

basically the same engine up untill a 2013 polo i worked on, possibly newer still but havnt worked on anything newer than that model.

 

So yeah, it is basically the same engine, apart from the egr valve is no longer on the right side of the engine, its blocked off, so that might cause some issues when swapping over.

basically the same engine up untill a 2013 polo i worked on, possibly newer still but havnt worked on anything newer than that model.

 

So yeah, it is basically the same engine, apart from the egr valve is no longer on the right side of the engine, its blocked off, so that might cause some issues when swapping over.

thanks chap.

Edited 8 October, 201510 yr by Recarouk