The guy who looks after my car is currently away and so I am hoping that one of you might be able to give me some idea as to what might have happened so that I can give him the 'bad' news when he returns.
I was returning from a shortish blat when my car lost all power and just coasted to a stop. There was no associated 'bang' or any other indications that this was going to happen. The engine 'turned over' when trying to restart but did not 'fire up'. After a couple of attempts I tried pumping the accelerator and was able to get her to start but she sounded v sick, a cross between a bad case of timing out and a badly blown exhaust, and as soon as I took my foot of the accelerator or tried to move forward in gear, the engine just expired again. I tried this a couple of times and then gave up.
Luckily fairly close to home and SWMBO came and towed me home!
I fear the worse, so please be forthcoming as to what the problem might be. I am told that if the cam belt had broken I would not have been able to turn the engine over.
Thanks.
PS The car/engine is a 2005 Roadsport K Series 1800VVC - as original, no upgrades(yet).