Hi all, i want to buy a clubman and joinn you lot i have found one in the colour and spec i want but it has a porly engine? the seller told me when he was driving it- it just sudenly stoped ! engine will not crank over, any idea of what could have happened , is it worth taking a punt and hope its not totally naked

ATB P.

 

all i have done to date is to take the rocker cover off , on inspection timing chain looks very slack! next step will be cylinder head removal , is there a how to on here or a videl link on the r55/r56 please.

 

You need to buy a Bentley Service Manual. I would suspect the timing chain jumped timing due to chain guide failure. A common failure on the N14 engine. Have you pulled the head yet? You will need special tools to reinstall the head and put the crank and cams in the correct timing. There are several parts suppliers on this forum. ECS Tuning is very active.

Search the forums for timing chain or death rattle.

 

Sounds like the timing chain, its a bit of a job and also to make sure nothing else is damaged.

What year is it ? Clubman S ?

 

You def should get a bentley manual before taking it apart as there is a ton of good information in it on how to do it right.
http://www.waymotorworks.com/r55-r56...ir-manual.html
But it may be more cost effective to just put a new engine in it depending on what is wrong with it. When we see timing chains broke we can put a complete engine in for just a little more than what it would cost to repair the head and still have an engine with XXXX miles on it.

 

yes looks like i need a Bentley manual! clubman is a late 2007 and i have been looking for an engine but there not cheap for a 7 year old engine! still looking ;-) thanks for your posts