OK !You asked for it!! 3 months ago I traded an Audi Quattro,and a bag of cash, for an 89 S2 cabriolet in White with recently new black hood+matching leather.96K on the clock,stamped service book incl cambelt intervals etc, and in good overall condition or so I thought.600 miles later,smoke starts pouring from the bonnet,as the cambelt slowly wears itself away rubbing on the engine casing itself!What a stink too,they must make them cambelts from recycled OAPs underpants! Into the garage it went for a verdict?Turned out to be the cambelt tensioner had disintergrated,hence the belt moving over on the top pulley/catching the engine.Lucky to have been in slow traffic I think,cause at speed I wouldn`t have seen the smoke!Mind you im certain on second thoughts, id of smelt it!!Anyway,joking apart,I had all the belts and tensioners renewed,New waterpump,dibcap +rotor,plugs,filters etc,etc,etc went perhaps over the top on the list of "whilst your at it"parts replacement list to be truthfull,but I needed the piece of mind after that little incident.Touch wood !The cars running superbly now,and Im even starting to like it again,hope I live to be 378,or I`ll never get the money back Ive spent though!!Upto present Ive changed the affore mentioned parts, upgraded the hi-fi and the wheels/tyres to the cup 1 type,A K+n filters my next purchase,and theres a rattle of baffles in the rearbox, so I might have to invest in a stainless steel type shortly.Just purchased a digital camera too,so if I ever do find out how it works, Ill try to place a picture up somewhere.In fact Im off out to give it pasting now!I must get some pleasure, before it breaks again!!
] It was also a piece of pi** to fit and looks better in the engine bay than the previous plastic box cover. Will try to take a photo over the weekend and post it on this thread on monday.
