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Turned out the camshaft chain had snapped drivers side

When taking the rocker cover off the bolts holding the camshaft down were finger tight not sure if that's where they were stretched due to chain failure or whoever did the head work previously didn't tighten properly. I have only owned this car for 2 months and was running fine till this...

At this point I wanted to just get the timing lined up first and try manual turning to assess then if needed strip the head off

The crank moves freely same as passenger side cam. The cam shaft is not damaged only the lifters and chain however I am unsure how to do the timing as a side note the timing belt stripped the teeth on the crank pully. I have the replacement lifters chain and belt but I am unsure how to get it...

I have a similar issue where my camshaft chain snapped and also broke some of my lifters im now currently replacing parts although I'm not sure how to check if the timing is lined up correctly without lifting the body off

Well it was tapping from the top of the engine but as I said the car is now not starting putting a code reader to see what codes come up tomorrow

Scrap that it's now not starting 😔 sorry if I was too vague in my description

Hello I'm new to the land rover scene. Loved working on the old defenders but only interior work. I recently traded my old focus for a disco 3 and it has its issues which I will sort out hopefully. I've had the car for about 2 months now and has run fine even with its issues however today it...