I've been active on several E30 message forums for over 5 years and
out of the dozens and dozens of people who have broken their timing
belts, not one of em escaped without bending at least a few valves
at minimum. Sometimes it results in a cracked head too. The previous
owner of my current E30 had the belt break while pulling into his
driveway and the head had to be rebuilt. He let it go 2,000 miles
past it's scheduled replacement and paid the price.
Exactly how many miles and/or years were on your timing belt when
it broke ?
Randy
89 325is
I have gaskets and am almost ready to go. I attempted to get a used cam and
they kept arriving broken via uPS. I finally got a good one of those and I
should be going back together monday night or into tuesday night.
I was in an accident in my 95 Chevy (ehich this group helped me fix fuel
leaks on earlier in the year) and it is reportedly totalled but I think I
can fix it up myself and keep her. So I am busy but now getting back to the
Beemer! I'll give a report soon on its status.
mrc
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