Is it terminal? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp

lucylou · Post by **lucylou** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:30 pm

Car died on the way home today. Long story short, RAC bloke says it could be cambelt and that valves and pistons could be damaged. How much do I need to cry right now?

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:40 pm

till you dont find what happen its hard to tell cost

lucylou · Post by **lucylou** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:42 pm

I feel sick with worry........

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:45 pm

Fingers crossed its fixable. Are you putting it into a garage?

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:45 pm

i was too when my pulley and crank went, but on the end was not that pricey.

first find whats damage

lucylou · Post by **lucylou** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:47 pm

Gonna have to take it to a garage so someone who knows what they're doing can tell me what's what

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:03 pm

Aww no! Yeah definitely find out what's definitely gone wrong, but if you cn come back to us with a quoted price before you get it done so we can tell you if it's a fair price or not. Between us we've all had "incidents" so we can let you know if we paid simular or not

lucylou · Post by **lucylou** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:12 pm

RAC bloke says the belt hadn't broken but slipped and threw the timing out? Reckons it will cost upwards of £700.

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:16 pm

lucylou wrote:RAC bloke says the belt hadn't broken but slipped and threw the timing out? Reckons it will cost upwards of £700.

now thats step in my dictionary

Post by **Ammo** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:21 pm

Sounds like the Auto tensioner failed

Were you in Vtec at the time?

Could be as simple as a new auto tensioner and cam belt plus labour or it could be much worse