#1: goodbye my awful car Author: chris_h, Location: ukPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:58 am ---- Well last night on the motorway, i lost all power and had to pull up and wait for recovery.
He took one look at it, turned the key and said these words 'cambelts gone mate'.
Typical. I had an engine judder (mild) on purchase which would come and go, and this judder turns out to be the cambelt, as the same thing happened when i lost power.
Not even had it 12 months, and it is now sat at home probably with mashed up valves and conrods and hell i bet the crank shaft is bent.
arg rant over, you may now mock me and tell me it is my own fault
#2: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: HDI90, Location: sunny stokePosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:02 am ---- Pull the head off it you never know, but if you was doing 70 when it went im sure its a mess. crank and rods wouldnt be bent tho
#3: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: anton1989, Location: west midlandsPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:04 am ---- Its your own fault. Should have changed it when you bought it
#4: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: chris_h, Location: ukPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:08 am ---- it was 50-60 MPH so hey ho who knows what I have done. gonna cost a few quid.
The person sold it to me is a DAMN LIAR!! said he had the thing done 6 months previous, the car had only done 54K miles!! Last edited by chris_h on Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:10 am; edited 1 time in total
#5: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:09 am ---- Only way people these days will learn, from experience! Maybe you should consider getting a engine conversion
#6: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: chris_h, Location: ukPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:16 am ---- can't imagine a new engine would be cheap, infact wouldn't it just be cheaper to get a new car...
#7: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:19 am ---- ... probably if you want a real dog ... but you'll still have to change the belts ...
#8: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: Steve206, Location: UKPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:22 am ---- What engine was it, any 206 engine shOuld be cheap to replace.
#9: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: chris_h, Location: ukPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:23 am ---- Well the fastest engine of the lot of course!
1.1
#10: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:29 am ---- limp a 1.4 8v in there. cheap as chips just find the right garage!
#11: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:30 am ---- Question you have to ask yourself then is there anything on the car that you want to keep it for? Peugeots are so very cheap now I got a friend that's selling a 206 gti 2ltr only due to insurance being too much for him and he is selling for 600
#12: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: Big_Rich180, Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:39 am ----
chris_h wrote:
it was 50-60 MPH so hey ho who knows what I have done. gonna cost a few quid.
The person sold it to me is a DAMN LIAR!! said he had the thing done 6 months previous, the car had only done 54K miles!!
It could have still gone even if it had have been replaced 6 months ago, dodgy installation/s**t belt etc.
#13: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:39 am ---- Here's the link (not sure you can see it) m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!...1054813616
#14: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: HDI90, Location: sunny stokePosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:35 am ----
DeadEyePaul wrote:
Question you have to ask yourself then is there anything on the car that you want to keep it for? Peugeots are so very cheap now I got a friend that's selling a 206 gti 2ltr only due to insurance being too much for him and he is selling for 600
206,s are cheap now i got a GTI the other week cheaper than that, needed 2 bottom arms that was it, body mint.
for the price of them mate just buy another unless its a newer one
#15: Re: goodbye my awful car Author: southwestchap, Location: DevonPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:09 am ---- I reckon you could find a respectable scrappy who would sell you another 1.1 engine the right money. then just swap the block and bold all your ancillaries to the new one. Cam belt can be done when the new engine's sat out on the ground along with water pump as it will be easy as. Depends on what MOT/Tax on the car you have whether its worth getting rid or if your confident enough to do an engine transplant. 1.1 is relatively easy plenty of room to work around etc.
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