Hi guys, "today my Renault Espace broke. I was going in the car with my daddy, we used the car in the morning and did about 70/80 kilometres without problems, everything was fine. In the evening we started up the car from the house, we did about 20/30 metres until a stop signal, then my dad accelerated after the stop and one or two seconds later the engine sunndely shut down on a bend downhill. We tried to restart it but we were hearing the starter motor only. The power steering wasn't working and we parked the car. (luckily we were downhill and there was a park near there). I checked the car, and i found out that the auxiliary belt was half broken (but still on one of the gears, not fallen apart and I easily took out it because it was just little damaged, it didn't snap). So I tought that there wans't any big damage. When you tried to start the engine all the lights of the car and the digital dash became darker. There is also an underpowered battery (64ah), so I hope that just the aux belt snapped and the alternator stopped working, then the car didn't have enough power because of low battery (iniection ecu, spark, ecus xenon headlights, radio and so on). The mechanic took the car with the tow truck because it didn't started (i tought it was caused by a low battery without the alternator.. When he checked the car he said that the timing belt was broken (but when i took out the half broken auxiliary belt it wasn't snapped and it was on its gears, just fell off, my dad told me that the mechanic said that the aux belt went into timing, or that the auxiliary belt broke suddenly after the timing belt as a consequence). I think this is really strange. No battery warning (the same happened also when the old battery died last time so I assume the Espace couldn't warn you for it or strange noises, the engine shut off only, but both the belts broken. If i didn't understand wrong, the valves (or just some?) are bent, he told this to my dad, but he didn't opened the whole engine.
We would have took the car to mechanic next week to change the belts and renew the engine, what a bad luck!"
I wrote this some months ago.
Now the mechanic told us that he didn't open the engine, the car was in this state after he said that the timing was broken and the valves were bent. PICTURE:
http://1drv.ms/1WaFD0c . Now I just hope that the aux belt only has snapped but maybe the timing has gone.
I would try to repair it myself if I can do it. I am worried because in another forum a guy told that it is impossible to remove the cylinder head on 2.0 f4r espace without removing the engine, but this would be a problem to do in my box. If I can remove the cylinder head everything would be okay... If I cam remove the cylinder head without having to remove the engine I can do the job
Apart from this problem the car is fine, no problems at all. I have some experience repairing the Espace (I did bodywork and electronic previously, I disassembled many parts). Does somebody know how to remove the cylinder head?
Would be ok this thing
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00DEE2IKY/ref=s9_simh_gw_p60_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1RBM35QWN6RJ65PVWJP5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=451014987&pf_rd_i=426865031 to lift up the car and lift the engine on the floor and pull down the cylinder head? or this?
http://www.amazon.it/COPPIA-CAVALLETTI-POSIZIONE-SOLLEVA-CAVALLETTO/dp/B00DQN9DWY/ref=sr_1_1?s=tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1392111004&sr=1-1&keywords=sollevatore+autoThank you very much, I really hope that you could help me friends