my car would not start today and i got a mechanic to look at it. he says that the cambelt has worn out and that it has damaged the engine. he reckons that i will need a new / rebuilt engine..well it can't sound more painful than this can it?
how much money am i looking at to repair this? Has anyone had a similar problem?
The message from PunkJack contains these words:
Oh, as little as pence.
How the f*ck do we know if you CBA to tell us what engine in what car?
If it broke while trying to start the engine, you may have got away with just one bent valve. Still a longish job though, expensive unless you do it yourself.
Given that we don't know what engine it is, there could of course be no damage whatsoever - apart from a new belt & fitting costs.
It might not even have a cambelt!!
Get a 2nd opinion Cambelts usually break when the engine's running - not when stopped
Jerry
Although they don't break while stopped, they frequently break when trying to start up from cold, old pintos were always doing that, I reckon in their case because the oil pump was also cambelt driven and the extra load of cold oil was too much for the belt, on others it is probably just the high load of starting the camshaft turning also, I suppose the belt might be more brittle in cold weather.
mrcheerful
erm, do you speak English? - you stupid ignorant prat.
The message from PunkJack contains these words:
Ah, we're on to technical terms now, are we? I notice we're still none the wiser about what the car is.
Now, you may think it's fun to drop in as a visitor and throw teddies into corners, but the more people you annoy the fewer will help you.
LOL!
A cambelt that has "worn" but not snapped, shredded or jumped teeth won't have damaged the engine. If it has done one of those things, the damage varies depending on the engine type. Engines that are "non-interference"- that is that the pistons won't hit the valves if the latter are open when the pistons are on the top of the travel- aren't damaged beyond the original cambelt issue. Those that are "interference" engines can suffer no damage to severe damage.
I'd suggest you get a second, reputable, opinion. If nothing else, find out if your engine is an interference or non-interference type.
Hope that helps.
The message from "Brian Reay" contains these words:
Or, tell us what car/engine it is and we'll help. But of course, he won't see this piece of sage advice smiling up at him from the bottom of his killfile!
OK, the guy asked a "silly question". Maybe he doesn't know much about cars, maybe he is new to newsgroups, maybe he is stressed as his car in in dock. Why was it necessary to respond in a way that might make him put you in his killfile?
The message from "Brian Reay" contains these words:
I was a little harsh, but I might point out that as far as I can see he /still/ hasn't told us which engine/car he's got. I'm starting to suspect trollishness.
Or, more likely, faced with a response that was "a little harsh" he decided to give the group a miss.
Who knows.
Conor's influence spreads?
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Conor's a c*ck who knows not a lot but who likes to abuse anybody who he thinks knows less than him. In reality that group is vanishingly small but he doesn't see it that way.
John
No, Conor does know a fair amount but has a somewhat abrupt manner shall we say.
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