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Chrissy
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7th Jun 06 at 23:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
First car aswell..

The timing belt snapped on my sport tonight

Takin it to a garage tomoro to see what they say..

Is there any chance of light at the end of the tunnel?

Being realistic..

Cheers guys..

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not much!! best case scenario it will need 2 valves + guides headgasket + belt + rollers + waterpump prob about £400

It may have bent many more valves and damaged the head, pistons a rod?
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will need new valves and possibly pistons. cheaper to get another engine.

what speed and rpm?
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well, put it this way, most garages charge £350+ for just a headgasket on these engines
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what time is it??? Va va va va vaaaaaaallllverrr !
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the normal price to have 1 of these repaired with all the neccasary bits comes 2 £1100 if uv bin givin it sum when its snapped an broke valve guides
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can get a complete new engine for less than that. would have the cost of fitting tho.

cheapest way is to get another engine from the scrappy and fit that. shouldnt cost more than £500 fitted for a good one
Chrissy
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haha theres no chance of a valver.. insurance would laugh in my face.

It was the top end of first gear, went to change into second and it jst went.

Knew straight away what it was.

So if it was new engine time how much would that cost all in for the engine and fitting?

Cheers again.

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top end of 1st = bad news. did it stop quickly?
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How dya mean?

Like come to a stand still quickly?

Well it coasted a wee bit..

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yes how long was the engine running from the belt snapping to the engine stopping?
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ah right well i cant really remember.

It looked like it stalled to be honest cos i had no power and all the lights on the dash went on..

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Not good mate, a new engine will be cheaper than getting it repaired.
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buy a engine from breakers.... fit that.... maybe a 1600 16v

Then strip and see how bad yous is... anycase the new engine will be cheaper than p[aying someone to fix the broken one
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I would just get the same engine again from a scrappy. If its your first car and you say insurance would laugh at a 2.0, I'm guessing you havent been driving very long. So changing the engine to a bigger one would be pointless, insurance companies will always charge more for a car with a different (non standard spec) engine in. Should be able to sort it reasonably cheaply with another engine of the same type. My dad had a focus in his garage a few weeks back with a snapped camelt - that cost the owner £450. It needed 8 valves. Not the same car obviously so may be totaly out though
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Well my dad spoke to one of his mates today who hes used a lot as he owns a garage.

He said he'd fix it for 500 for us but itll take a wee while because he'll be doin it in between other jobs to keep the price down..

I thought it was going to be more expensive than that to be honest.. but meh i jst want it fixed now!

Dont appreciate bein able to drive until you've no car

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i also did this in my old 1.4 16v, slowing down to a corner at about 15mph, 15 valves fucked and piston and head damage. Even after it was fixed it was never the same again, i ended up putting a new engine in it!!!
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How dya mean it was never the same again?

What was different?

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did your dads mate take the head off? if not then how can he see the extent of the damage? if a conrod is bent then it could have damaged the crank and the bore or piston and then the £500 will becone a lot more......
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See this is what i couldnt understand either..

Cos he hasnt taken the head off..

Hmm we'll wait and see what he says.

Ill keep you all updated anyway and cheers for all the replies

>>>> Chris <<<<
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do it ur self it will take a day i snaped my bravo belt redlining in second striped changed 8 vavles and put back 2gether in a day and had never done it before in my life
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quote:
Originally posted by tommosri
do it ur self it will take a day i snaped my bravo belt redlining in second striped changed 8 vavles and put back 2gether in a day and had never done it before in my life


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belt snapped on my redtop week before pvs

Should be back on the road the by next weekend though !
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
quote:
Originally posted by tommosri
do it ur self it will take a day i snaped my bravo belt redlining in second striped changed 8 vavles and put back 2gether in a day and had never done it before in my life




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quote:
Originally posted by tommosri
do it ur self it will take a day i snaped my bravo belt redlining in second striped changed 8 vavles and put back 2gether in a day and had never done it before in my life


teach you for owning a Fiat!

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