Friend's dad's Thema LS Turbo blew up in a weird way. Pics at

http://www.treadcare.com/randompics/thema/

Any ideas why it happened? The car almost went up in smoke because the
oil spilled all over the turbo and caught fire. Good job he had a fire
extinguisher onboard or that'd be his second Thema that went up in
flames...

fishman <SPAMMEIFYOULIKEBUTIWONTREADIT (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Is it possible it's thrown it's cambelt - leading to a rocker being
forced to hit the rocker cover at high speed and oil being pissed
everywhere?
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fishman wrote:
Eeeek - something wanted to leave the rocker cover in a real hurry?

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"fishman" <SPAMMEIFYOULIKEBUTIWONTREADIT (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

How did the first one go?
I can't see anything loose in your pics, do you know yet how the rocker
cover fractured like that?

"Stuart Gray" <me@home> wrote

I can't see anything loose either, but judging from the damage/marks inside
the rocker cover, it deffo looks like something making a break for it ;(

"Tony Bond (UncleFista)" <unclefista (AT) SPAMgmail (DOT) com> wrote


Doesnt this engine have the cams acting directly on the valves with a
hydraulic tappet inbetween? In which case, what could there be that wanted
to make a run for it?

Tim..

Tim.. wrote:
Shim?

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Apparently the cambelt looks fine although it could've jumped a few
teeth. (Belt was changed 18k ago which is quite a long time in 16v
Lampredi terms).

There are no rockers, only buckets and shims.

Stuart Gray wrote:

The tailpipes fell off, causing the hot exhaust gases to ignite the
foam in the rear bumper.

fishman wrote:
Lol - I pulled into a service area on the autobahn in my Rover with smoke
and dripping plastic from my rear bumper - Vmax for about 100 miles had done
its worse.


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