Timing belt changed now loss of power

rhianna99

HI I had the timing belt, water pump and drive belt changed on my peugeot 807 yesterday by a mobile mechanic. Drove for the first time today and there is a severe loss of power at higher speeds and car appears to be drinking more diesel. Car was fine before this work so Im sure it must be connected. Cant get hold of mechanic until tomorrow, but is this a common issue after a timing belt change? if so, what could have happened?

Thanks for any advice

Marktheshark

Best case, they forgot to tighten an air induction or turbo pipe.
Worst case, they bent the valves by not undoing the vernier pulleys before tightening the belt.

ariba10

The timeing is probably out.

( Not lined up properly when the new belt was fitted)

Get him back to check it.

rhianna99

Ok thanks, just to add, theres are no dashboard lights on, or any noise coming from engine, car starts fine also.

worried_jim

rhianna99 wrote: »

Ok thanks, just to add, theres are no dashboard lights on, or any noise coming from engine, car starts fine also.

I read this as the dashboard is broken and the engine is now silent!

Marktheshark

ariba10 wrote: »

The timeing is probably out.

( Not lined up properly when the new belt was fitted)

Get him back to check it.

More than possible as if its the 2.2, you need two new pulley bolts as you have to knock the pulleys off, tighten the belt and re-bolt them up or every time you tighten the belt it moves the pulleys a tooth out .

s_b

sounds like pump timing out,reject and ask for it to be done again

Flying-High_2

s_b wrote: »

sounds like pump timing out,reject and ask for it to be done again

Never done a 2,2 HDi Cambelt but on the 2,0 Versions Pump tim
ing isn't critical.

rhianna99

It is a 2.0, if that makes any difference. The mechanic is supposed to be coming tomorrow, but they havent been very helpful, not returning my calls etc, so i wont hold my breath.

polomints

It could be they disconnected the battery and reset the ECU, this happened to me, it turned out it was a dirty mass airflow sensor.

rhianna99

So mechanic came back out to look at car, and was here for maybe 30 mins, took it for a test drive, he is saying, it cannot be timing belt because, he knows he put it on right and that timing belts cant slip??
He says he thinks it is a ring which needs replacing, he couldnt remember the name of it, but said they often go after a timing belt change and its not his fault. Mechanic said he would be free monday to do it but that i would need to book it through head office.

I am very dubious at this point, and very much regretting using this company, after many many phonecalls today, and broken promises of calls back they finally ring and tell me that it is the crankshaft ring which needs replacing, and that this sometimes happens, they dont know how much the part costs yet, or whether they will be charging us for labour. They cant even tell me when it will be done.

My instinct is to take car to Peugeot (which I should have done to start with) its booked in for monday, they will charge me £114 to completely assess what they have done with the timing belt and tell me what the problem is. But I dont want to waste anymore money if this other garage is correct and it is the camshaft ring, does this sound plausible?