goldcorsa
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just had a quote to replace timing belt, tensioner, water pump, pulley. quoted £850-£1250 from a local reputable garage. The car is only worth £1000, do i let this go and then claim on insurance, dont think its worth spending this amount, the car is an 8 years old 16v and covered 25k. Any ideas ?
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Rileysport
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that price is insane and you can't claim on insurance for engine failure
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goldcorsa
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surely the car would be uneconomical to repair and therefore a write off if cost that much.
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Siberia
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 wtf! are they fitting a diamond encrusted gold plateted belt?
should cost in the region of £150 and even thats on the expensive side...
buy a haynes and do it yourself for 50...
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PK1
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surely at 25k you shouldnt be needing tensioner, pulley, w/pump and a cambelt?
insurance defo wont cover it, and 1250 seems absolutely ridiculous, more like 250 - 400.
if i was you, since the mileage is VERY LOW, id sell it on now, and let the person who has it next find out its problems.
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goldcorsa
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yeah prob sell it on, the timing belt does look quite worn on the edges and little niks have come loose, but it has a cover it so you dont notice on looking.
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PK1
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ah rite, i guess the age is just as important as the mileage :s
i'd definitely sell it on, i know some ppl on the forum wouldnt like that advice but since its only done 25k the buyer wouldnt suspect anything could be wrong anyway, so would probably blame themselves
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Siberia
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so your selling a car cos it needs a tjming belt? have your tryed... maybe a different garage... an honest one? and not the pack of thiefs that gave you that quote!
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PK1
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yeah true, if you can get it done for more like 300 then do it, unless you wanted a change anyway
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Rileysport
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the garage that quoted that couldn't have wanted the work in all honesty
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Siberia
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300!?!?!?!?!?! 150 200 at a push... the parts only cost something like 70quid...
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Dave A
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i charge £120 ish to do timing belts on 16v corsas and that INCLUDES a new belt, tensioner and rollers.
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PK1
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yeah remember the waterpump too
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Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
i charge £120 ish to do timing belts on 16v corsas and that INCLUDES a new belt, tensioner and rollers.
Bargain 
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MR2Mike
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£250 it cost me.
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Slammed_Corsa
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Vauxhall wouldnt even attempt to charge you that much to do it
You should be paying no more than £300 to get all that done on a 16v engine.
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hopper
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its bout £100 for timing belt kit, possible waterpump so add another £60, then you got 2 hours labour so bout £60, 2.5 to 3 ltr on antifreeze so another £10
job done for £230 plus vat and that will be genuine parts
fiat coupe 20v turbo belts only cost bout £1000 and there an engine out job
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ed
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I think you are all missing the point. 16v eninge = high compression = low valve clearence. When the timing belt fails the valves usually turn the insides of the engine into little pieces.
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James R
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That's cause french/itailian cars are ghey!
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ed
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Vauxhall timing belts could cost a grand to replace as you may have to replace the whole engine with it...
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James R
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can't think of any vx engine that woudl cost £1000 to buy? bar LC engine maybe
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
i charge £120 ish to do timing belts on 16v corsas and that INCLUDES a new belt, tensioner and rollers.
bring it to me to get it done. im in darlington
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by j1400
can't think of any vx engine that woudl cost £1000 to buy? bar LC engine maybe
The car I have now had a timing belt snap on its old engine, so was replaced by Vauxhall with a new unit before I bought it. I have the receipt for the repair, which came to a total (including labour, fluids etc) of £1750.
That was for a new x16xe around a year ago.
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Siberia
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do people like trowong money away or what?
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
quote:
Originally posted by j1400
can't think of any vx engine that woudl cost £1000 to buy? bar LC engine maybe
The car I have now had a timing belt snap on its old engine, so was replaced by Vauxhall with a new unit before I bought it. I have the receipt for the repair, which came to a total (including labour, fluids etc) of £1750.
That was for a new x16xe around a year ago.
all i have to say is:
whoever paid that must be sooooooo stupid
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