Marea HLX Timing belt - any ideas how big a job?

I've got the chance to get a Fiat Marea HLX, but it's probably going to need a timing belt soon.

Any ideas of how big a job it is and amounts?

Thanks,

David

Reply to
David Lane
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*snort*

Let's put it this way. It'll be more cost effective to sell it and buy something else.

Reply to
SteveH

Ahhh, that's what the owner is doing.

It's worth next to nothing if it needs a belt change.

Reply to
SteveH

I don't have any direct experience, but I know that if you try really hard you can get a blue rizla between the timing cover and the side of the engine bay.

I am led to believe that this makes changing the timing belt a bit of a bugger.

Someone may correct me, but I believe this is quoted by Fiat dealers as an engine out job, and figures of £1500 were banded about around these parts when the subject came up on the turboted, Fiat coupeised version of this engine. Someone of this parish leapt to its defence saying that someone oop norf had developed a technique for doing it for a mere half that.

When you subtract the cost of repair/maintainance from the price of this sort of car, I think it's quite easy to end up with a negative, so watch it.

(c:

Reply to
Douglas Payne

You could throw the entire contents of your toolbox at the engine bay of a 5 cylinder Marea and not lose anything ; there's no space, at all.

Search for Wigan Paul in relation to Fiat Coupes as he seems to be the man for timing belt changes without removing the engine and box.

Personally I would walk away very discreetly from this one.

John F (Founder member Marea 20V victim support unit).

Reply to
Bob Sherunckle

If he buys it for next to nothing, he can drive it until it pops.

Tom De Moor

Reply to
Tom De Moor

Precisely - which is why I asked as I thought it was bad.

It's not that cheap, so I'm off somewhere else for a temporary driver.

David

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David Lane

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