Cam belt has gone on my car - not sure what to do

dagrowler

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I think you've had pretty much all the advice you can expect from here.
Take someone with a nous of mechs to the garage and all should be clear.

But does sound like you still need a new motor, sorry. If it is as suspected, don't even consider repair unless on a diy basis.

I didn't mean you lot didn't know what you're talking about. I meant I'll have to find someone in real life to take with me.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

with pugs you prise open the top of the timing cover to dignose a snapped/shredded, toothless belt easy.

plus if the timing was out the engine would not start, engine managment would come on.

pug engines are easy to take out and refit its getting the correct engine that matches the old one (engine codes) thats a bit of a pain.

i doubt very much the belt snapped, i doubt the belt slipped if it drove home normal no lack of power no smoke bellowing from it.

the grinding you heared was the starters shaft jaming against the fly wheel teath after the car was started but not at full idle as the shaft stopped the engine from getting there to idle speed the reason it probably wont start is because the motor in the starter has burnt out and as its under warenty from where ever you bought it the starter is under warrenty and you claim under warranty with the company who built the starter for any damage it caused and labour costs.

get ot from that garage they know very little, you say mainly exhausts they do and thats as far as their knowladge goes im affraid.

Flyboy152

It could be the ring gear, or even the flywheel.

cyclonebri1

dagrowler wrote: »

I didn't mean you lot didn't know what you're talking about. I meant I'll have to find someone in real life to take with me.

That's exactly what I was saying, when I said "here" I was suggesting that trying to diagnose over the net is only going ever to give a list of possibilities,

andy208833

dagrowler - i feel for you. my wifes pug 207 just had a cam belt fail and it was cheaper to buy a new engine than do repairs to the old one the damage was that extensive. cost me £495 for new engine off e-bay and £685 in labour charges

Hope yours isn't that bad.

dagrowler

Well!

A little update, got another (trusted) garage to pick my car up and do the work. They've jsut rang me now to say that it's nothing to do with the cam belt and that its the starter motor! Which is what the AA said and which i'd had replaced a few weeks before this (at garage number 1). New mechanic has kept the starter motor for me so I can go back to the first garage.

Thanks for all your help guys!
x

societys_child

Garage No 1 put you to a lot of trouble . .. just to try and get away with not replacing the dodgy starter they'd flogged you.

dagrowler

I know! Two weeks of worrying plus me bugging you lot for pointless info.

Garage no 1 are now paying for the work (as i had to get the car recovered to garage no2 as well so it was loads). They gave me the starter motor, even I could see how dead it was!

dagrowler

Garage 1 were still telling me it was the cam belt (they rang me to tell me while I was in the car driving along the motorway). They wanted me to bring the car (which i'd have had to drive up there) so they could show me. My dad took it in today and they've agreed to pay for the replacement starter motor and the recovery to garage 2 now (no apology for me having no car for 2 weeks though).

I'm wondering if they actually are a garage afterall... maybe they're a green grocers.

TonyMMM

dagrowler wrote: »

they're a small garage who mostly just do exhausts).

If they mostly "do exhausts" they are fitters, not mechanics. Steer clear in future.