Chris1Roll's return to 700 ownership

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Chris1Roll

Well that sucks.

Coming home this evening, I was just thinking about how in 2 days it will be a year since I put the car back on the road.
I was just stopping at some traffic lights and just before coming to a halt the car shuddered and then stalled.

Now it sounds like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCAwN_O017c
(oil running from the cap as I took the cap off with it running)

Noise is somewhat reminiscent of what happened back at the end January - that 'fixed itself' - , but this is LOUD!
Certainly turned some heads (for the wrong reasons) coming through the village.

It's weird though, the shudder and stall felt like stopping witout putting the clutch down in a manual, rather than just shutting off, and it restarted ok but needed 2 footed driving to pull away...

Was the timing belt retensioned after 600 miles Chris?

If not, i wonder if it jumped a tooth or two and is now running but the valves are just touching the pistons enough to make a noise without actually damaging themselves enough to not actually run anymore.

Also the oil escaping from the filler cap suggests crankcase pressurisation, if the valve timing is now out it's possible that it could happen - whether it would run enough to move like that is another matter but i'd look at the cam timing first and the tension and condition of the timing belt.

Good luck with it!