Testarossa Bank 7-12 is it running?

If the cams weren't moving the engine would be toast

Probably not get a good angle/window to camshaft belt sockets

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This is the sort of doubt I would try to clarify with a mechanic I can trust. Have you discussed these concerns with the professional who takes care of the car?

To answer your question: highly unlikely, but I would hate to have such a doubt and no answer...

 

It happens and that will definitely cause the 7-12 to not run. I recommend finding a very good Ferrari tech that is very familiar with older cars and have him look at it. If the cams have stopped, it will take some repair but it is repairable.
You can remove the distributor cap and see if the rotor is turning when the starter is engaged.
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I reason I said that is highly unlikely that the cams are not turning is that OP stated car is running .."inspection at idle"

I don't think that our interference engine would allow one bank of cams to not be turning ..

That is why I thought it was more of the way he was looking at movement

Thoughts?

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I kinda figured that was it

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I would think if you post in the the new England section ..asking for experiences with local shops or dealers ..you will get some good leads



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Having been in the business for 25+ years I can tell you that a Testarossa will idle with just one side. It actually can idle pretty well and it is very smooth as it is a perfectly functioning 6 cylinder engine at that point. Same with a 308, I had a client bring in a 308 because it was down on power and "Just won't go like it used to."
It was a four cylinder. Started right up, idled like it should but when you crack the throttle, It was sluggish.

Very happy for the OP, that makes his life way less complicated.

 

No spark no fuel on one side is different than not rotating cams .. one is unnoticeable the other is very apparent

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No it is not. I have experienced it several times. Why not?

 

Don't the valves hit the pistons and make a loud banging noise at least until the valves get bent out of way or connecting rod breaks off

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It makes no noise when they bend and in any event it takes 1 revolution for it to happen. How long does that take? Why would a rod break from the very small effort needed to bend a valve?

Quit getting your knowledge from people saying stupid, uninformed stuff here.

 

I will now to your knowledge but I do find it hard to believe that when a belt go and cams stop you will not experience more than a power loss ..there is gotta be oil , smoke , tapping noise etc

If you say there isn't then i will admit I am wrong ..btw ..my statements in this forum have been spot on pretty much all my posts so i can be wrong once

As always i thank you for your contribution and setting us all straight

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Rifledriver is right on this one. The valves are very small, pistons are forged and don't fail easily. I have reused the pistons after contact. They just push the valve out of the way and it usually only gets a cylinder of intake valves, a cylinder of exhaust. In the cycle of running, once the belt breaks, there is no momentum like there would be in a failure on the crank area. Cams just stop and whatever is open gets bent out of the way.

I was in the shop one Monday morning when a 78 308 carb car was started to move out. The air pump had rusted over the weekend and locked. It snapped the cam belt and I heard it. No big bang, just a change in engine sound and it was on four cylinders. I waved at the porter and told him to shut it off. We started it again later and drove it to the lift. One intake valve and one exhaust valve is all it damaged.

If you have one or two cylinders down it causes a skip sound. Half of the engine down will still be very smooth running. Just way down on power.