cambelt broke!

shymanuk

hi my sons peugeot 206 cam belt broke the other day some one has looked at it and said it needs new valves as bent and new belts to get it back on the road, i dont know to much about engines and the bloke has said £500 to fix labour and parts all in is this a good price or over the top i know a recon is alot more plus fitting any help be great.

Hintza

Get water pump done at same time. And all pulleys etc

Sounds cheap to me.

princess_loki

that is a good price - my cambelt went on the corsa about 4 years ago. a friend of mine did the work in the evenings and total bill was around £500 - would have been alot more at a garage.

i had to have the valves re-worked and i agree with other poster about getting waterpump etc done too.

the shame is with my car that the engine is fine but the suspension is bu**ered so will have to scrap come mot time

petrolhead69

my concern would be at that price i couldnt see them changing any valve guides if they are damaged, which they often are if there has been valve/piston contact. if they leave damaged ones in the new valves will wear out pretty quick.

Rolandtheroadie

Corsa suspension bu**ered and your going to scrap it?
It cant be THAT bad surely. Corsas are buttons for parts. If you've a friend that fixed the engine, they'll be able to do the suspension too.

cyclonebri1

It's a Corsa for **, scrap it anyway,
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Whaaaat? :T

princess_loki

scotsman4th wrote: »

Corsa suspension bu**ered and your going to scrap it?
It cant be THAT bad surely. Corsas are buttons for parts. If you've a friend that fixed the engine, they'll be able to do the suspension too.

it is N reg - 1996 - so probably not worth the hassle - haven't seen the guy who fixed it for me for years now...

shymanuk

petrolhead69 wrote: »

my concern would be at that price i couldnt see them changing any valve guides if they are damaged, which they often are if there has been valve/piston contact. if they leave damaged ones in the new valves will wear out pretty quick.

hi its his girlfriends uncle hence the price but i personally dont know him but want to make sure its worth while doing

petrolhead69

if it's family rates new guides recut valve seats and a skim are do-able for £500 and it would be done right, but if it was a garage quoting that price i'd be sus.