Just fixed my van thanks to this video, was about to buy a new engine at the tune of £1500, its the same on the 1.5cdti in the transit courier and connect if anyone was wondering
That video was brilliant will be using tomorrow on a ford focus 2012 with snapped cam belt, u may have saved us 20 hours Labour by not taking head off😃 cheers sandy
No problem, they are extremely common issues with this, providing it hasn’t dropped a valve you should be able to follow the video and rebuild without removing the head!
As previously stated, Thank you sooo much for posting this video. Well thought out and very well explained! My stepson’s 2011 Focus has stripped the teeth on what’s possibly the original belt with 130K on it! He was told by the garage he bought it from (now out of warranty) that they were certain the belt had been replaced but had no service history to back it up. I too was preparing to pull the head off.
I’ve repaired alot of these 8 valve Diesel engines now with the cambelts losing their teeth, due to them not being changed, Causing the destruction, needle bearings and rockers smashed to pieces in the head. I’ve also removed the sump to clean out any of the smashed rockers from the bottom of the engine. 9 times out of 10 it’s just a cambelt kit, new rockers and a camshaft. Unfortunately if you’re unlucky sometimes it can pop a valve spring off and bend a valve or valves. Then It’s head off, more pain and money! in my experience the rockers should be changed with the cam shaft with the possibility they could be stressed or fractured due to the contact of the cam spinning on the lobes, sometimes the fractures can’t been seen by the human eye, good video… of how to repair this..,
Hello thank you for the kind video.. I'm going to do this as I bought a car where they changed the rockers not the cam shaft and when cranking it sounds as if the valves are opening at the wrong times.. I am suspecting a spun lobe on camshaft not opening valves at right time as I have old broken rockers but can see the old camshaft is still there and hasn't been replaced so worth buying a new shaft before buying a engine. My question is.. How would I go about timing the top end ones taking the cam out. I can see the bottom has the pin going through it.. Do you by any chance have a diagram for the top cam marks? Thank you for the help.
I had a challenge like this valves were bent due to broken camshaft belt,put new valve did everything but I'm fighting with diesel airlock,it's not starting on its own but when I tow it whilst in gear 2 it's starting but not idling
My Peugeot 207 1.4 hdi is producing a knock on top of cylinder head top cover. Could it be cam lobs shifted. Injectors seems to be good. Should l replace the camshaft it has 105k miles
Hi I have a question under the lower camshaft cover there are tiny orings close to rockers what they are? ,what for? and what part numbers they are? Anybody knows ?
i have a terrible rattle from the engine, like something is broken, so stripped it down like in your video... and all i can find are clips missing from 5 Rockers..cannot see anything else.. would you have any idea what it might be, please. also, there are no 0 rings to be seen .. thank you
Fantastic video, ive just followed it and found that the rockers have been smashed to fook. The valves are in place, no sign of bending from the top. Is there any chance that there are bits from the rockers that have fallen in to the lower engine/do i need to worry about this? Thanks.
Ideally you will want to drain oil, remove sump and remove any debris, you will likely be missing needle bearings from the rockers that will of probably made there way into the sump.
Hi there I tried to do my timing and ended up messing the timing up when i turned the crank round by hand the valves were tapping now the timing is messed up do i have to open the valve cover to reset the camshaft timing and get the crankshaft tdc nightmare stripping the top of these engines off I have a Ford Focus 1.6 tdci a reply is much appreciated cheers
No you don’t need to take the cover off, you need to take the belt off and basically keep Moving the pulleys (cam and crank) until You can get them in the correct place for the pins to go in.
Silly question - How did you know the crank was timed correctly? i know you have the locking tool in, but isnt it two rotations for every one at the top? genuine question as have this job to do :(
It is ONE rotation of the CRANK to TWO rotations of the CAM, so 1 rotation of bottom end will turn over cam 2 times. Once the locking tool is in you will be in the timed position for the bottom end ONLY.
Yes these are interference engines, and as I say in the video you would unusually expect the rockers to be broken/ cracked. However I’m this case it seemed to of stripped the belt on cranking to start so the damage was minimal!
My understanding is that because the valves are vertical and the rockers/camshaft designed in such a way they can fail first this minimises the chance of bending a valve
@@MechanicBundy you will need to strip it down to the point where you can see the valve springs, (about 8.40 point in the vid), and if all the valve springs are still in place it hasn’t dropped a valve, if any of the springs are loose then it most likely has. If you refer to one of my other videos about what you don’t want to see my other video about the 1.6 hdi cambelt failure And that will show you what you don’t want to be seeing when you pull it.
@@Chris_CDB it feels like my cam tilts when i lay it on the engine in its bed if u know what i mean, before i mounts cams top house. A few milimeters.. Do i just tighten it down?
@olehansen6655 it will do, as it’s a 4 stroke engine, you will always have a set of loves on the cam that is touching the valves, you just need to get it basically there (where it’s nearly in time), like I show on the video and tighten it down.
Hi again. 4 Valves are bended so i buy new ones tomorrow. Would u do anything to the valves before i put them in the cylinderhead? Grinding with paste and by hanh maybe or can i just plug them in?
@@olehansen6655 have you got the cylinder head off to confirm that you have bent valves? Like I said it’s extremely rare for these to bend as they don’t come into contact with the pistons from an angle.
Pardon me?….the video is titled rebuilding the head, I assume that whoever is watching the video and attempting the job is competent enough to understand the engine needs timing….. plus there are plenty of other videos… (on my channel aswell) of timing these engines.
Just fixed my van thanks to this video, was about to buy a new engine at the tune of £1500, its the same on the 1.5cdti in the transit courier and connect if anyone was wondering
That video was brilliant will be using tomorrow on a ford focus 2012 with snapped cam belt, u may have saved us 20 hours Labour by not taking head off😃 cheers sandy
No problem, they are extremely common issues with this, providing it hasn’t dropped a valve you should be able to follow the video and rebuild without removing the head!
@@Chris_CDB thanks for your help cheers sandy
Hallo, es ist schon lange her, haben sie ihre Arbeit durchgeführt? Mussten sie den zylinderkopf abbauen?Oder nur die nockenwelle etc tauschen? Danke
As previously stated, Thank you sooo much for posting this video. Well thought out and very well explained! My stepson’s 2011 Focus has stripped the teeth on what’s possibly the original belt with 130K on it! He was told by the garage he bought it from (now out of warranty) that they were certain the belt had been replaced but had no service history to back it up. I too was preparing to pull the head off.
I learnt a lot from u guys thanks
I’ve repaired alot of these 8 valve Diesel engines now with the cambelts losing their teeth, due to them not being changed, Causing the destruction, needle bearings and rockers smashed to pieces in the head. I’ve also removed the sump to clean out any of the smashed rockers from the bottom of the engine. 9 times out of 10 it’s just a cambelt kit, new rockers and a camshaft.
Unfortunately if you’re unlucky sometimes it can pop a valve spring off and bend a valve or valves. Then It’s head off, more pain and money! in my experience the rockers should be changed with the cam shaft with the possibility they could be stressed or fractured due to the contact of the cam spinning on the lobes, sometimes the fractures can’t been seen by the human eye, good video… of how to repair this..,
Good video mate, do you remember the torque figures? Camshaft bolt, camshaft holder?
Great Video.
Hello thank you for the kind video.. I'm going to do this as I bought a car where they changed the rockers not the cam shaft and when cranking it sounds as if the valves are opening at the wrong times.. I am suspecting a spun lobe on camshaft not opening valves at right time as I have old broken rockers but can see the old camshaft is still there and hasn't been replaced so worth buying a new shaft before buying a engine.
My question is.. How would I go about timing the top end ones taking the cam out. I can see the bottom has the pin going through it.. Do you by any chance have a diagram for the top cam marks?
Thank you for the help.
Very help indeed
I had a challenge like this valves were bent due to broken camshaft belt,put new valve did everything but I'm fighting with diesel airlock,it's not starting on its own but when I tow it whilst in gear 2 it's starting but not idling
Great video very imformative.
No problem mate, may save someone chasing there tail for a long time!
Great vid, thanks
My Peugeot 207 1.4 hdi is producing a knock on top of cylinder head top cover. Could it be cam lobs shifted. Injectors seems to be good. Should l replace the camshaft it has 105k miles
Hi I have a question under the lower camshaft cover there are tiny orings close to rockers what they are? ,what for? and what part numbers they are? Anybody knows ?
hi, is there meant to be clips attaching the rocker to the plunger..
Thanks!
i have a terrible rattle from the engine, like something is broken, so stripped it down like in your video... and all i can find are clips missing from 5 Rockers..cannot see anything else.. would you have any idea what it might be, please. also, there are no 0 rings to be seen .. thank you
Fantastic video, ive just followed it and found that the rockers have been smashed to fook. The valves are in place, no sign of bending from the top. Is there any chance that there are bits from the rockers that have fallen in to the lower engine/do i need to worry about this? Thanks.
Ideally you will want to drain oil, remove sump and remove any debris, you will likely be missing needle bearings from the rockers that will of probably made there way into the sump.
What was the mileage on the car when cam belt failure occurred. Thank you so much for taking the time to video and pass on the information.😀😀😀😀
The milage was I believe around the 100k mark, and no problem!
You have same jack as mine from euro car parts 😊
Good to know.
Hi there I tried to do my timing and ended up messing the timing up when i turned the crank round by hand the valves were tapping now the timing is messed up do i have to open the valve cover to reset the camshaft timing and get the crankshaft tdc nightmare stripping the top of these engines off I have a Ford Focus 1.6 tdci a reply is much appreciated cheers
No you don’t need to take the cover off, you need to take the belt off and basically keep
Moving the pulleys (cam and crank) until
You can get them in the correct place for the pins to go in.
Silly question - How did you know the crank was timed correctly? i know you have the locking tool in, but isnt it two rotations for every one at the top? genuine question as have this job to do :(
It is ONE rotation of the CRANK to TWO rotations of the CAM, so 1 rotation of bottom end will turn over cam 2 times.
Once the locking tool is in you will be in the timed position for the bottom end ONLY.
@@Chris_CDB Thank you :D
Are these engines not interference fit? If so it's a miracle it didn't smash the valves and wreck the pistons being that far out of time
Yes these are interference engines, and as I say in the video you would unusually expect the rockers to be broken/ cracked. However I’m this case it seemed to of stripped the belt on cranking to start so the damage was minimal!
My understanding is that because the valves are vertical and the rockers/camshaft designed in such a way they can fail first this minimises the chance of bending a valve
What is necessary to remove to replace camshaft and seal both cover ?
Yes you will need to remove the rocker cover and then the cam ladder to get the camshaft out and replace the seal
Have you reused cam bearing cap bolts?
Yes mate.
Hello, how do you confirm cylinder 1 is at tdc and not bdc?
By locking the crank at TDC with the timing pin.
Is this same as 1.5 l fiesta diesel
It’s a very similar setup yes.
Hey man i have the same engine, also got some teeth stripped, actualy the rockers on my engine are broken. What should I do?
Do what the video shows, replace the rockers, lifters and camshafts inside the head providing it hasn’t dropped a valve.
@@Chris_CDB is there a way I could know it dropped a valve without removing the head ?
@@Chris_CDB thanks for the vid anyhow mate crystal clear 🤌
@@MechanicBundy you will need to strip it down to the point where you can see the valve springs, (about 8.40 point in the vid), and if all the valve springs are still in place it hasn’t dropped a valve, if any of the springs are loose then it most likely has. If you refer to one of my other videos about what you don’t want to see my other video about the 1.6 hdi cambelt failure
And that will show you what you don’t want to be seeing when you pull it.
It worked engine running fine thanks so much !
Hi I have 1.6 tdci 14 plate focus no compression guy told cam belt
The cambelt will likely stripped the teeth.. (just like this video). If it hasn’t dropped a valve then it is repairable (as per this video)
Thanks 👍😊
Hi you dont lock the dieselpump?
It’s not necessary as such, but when you put new belt on you can pin the pump if you wish
@@Chris_CDB it feels like my cam tilts when i lay it on the engine in its bed if u know what i mean, before i mounts cams top house. A few milimeters.. Do i just tighten it down?
@olehansen6655 it will do, as it’s a 4 stroke engine, you will always have a set of loves on the cam that is touching the valves, you just need to get it basically there (where it’s nearly in time), like I show on the video and tighten it down.
Hi again. 4 Valves are bended so i buy new ones tomorrow. Would u do anything to the valves before i put them in the cylinderhead? Grinding with paste and by hanh maybe or can i just plug them in?
@@olehansen6655 have you got the cylinder head off to confirm that you have bent valves? Like I said it’s extremely rare for these to bend as they don’t come into contact with the pistons from an angle.
Mate I could of done a better job of explaining, why did u not tell anyone that it needed to be timed up?
Pardon me?….the video is titled rebuilding the head, I assume that whoever is watching the video and attempting the job is competent enough to understand the engine needs timing….. plus there are plenty of other videos… (on my channel aswell) of timing these engines.
calm down with the hand gestures for gods sake
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