i hav no idea bout valves r owt. the car is a 1995 renault clio 1.4rt. i think he's having me on, going for a second opinion 2morrow. if it was a knackered valve how much do think i would have 2 pay or is £400 the normal price.

is it a head valve though? or is he talking about renaults version of the EGR valve or something...?

As him if he did a compression test and what results he got, then that might shit him up a bit if ya sound like ya know what ya saying

well its not running like that, the engines sounds fine and healthy. im picking it up 2nite so im gona ask him a few questions about it. im also gana take it 2 another garage 4 2 see wot they say about it. he also days my brakes are completely knackered, i no my handbrake was crap but the front brakes seemed ok.

thanx lads tho, im not panicking as much now

the only way they could tell if a valve had gone is like greasemonkey says, it would run like a bag of nails... rattle/tap/slapping noise from engine, metal-on-metal crunching, grinding...

only way to 'see' is to take the head off.

the car was running really well tho before i put it in2 the garage, was having no problems at all nd engine seemed fine. also its quite good on the fuel aswell. i only put the car in for a service. he said it would fail its mot cos of the knacked valve, i didnt think they looked under the bonnet

agreed, ask how they can tell there is a duff valve... if he cant give you proof or says he 'saw it' during the test, he is talking bollocks...

First find out why the valve is fooked, sounds like shit to me, if a valve went the car would run bollox

hello i own a renault clio nd one of the valves is fecked, the guy in the garage says it will fail its mot because of that. is that true? nd also would it kill my car if i left it for a few months. i cant afford 2 get it fixed at the mo nd he's saying about £400 to fix it, is that expensive?

thanks

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