MOT resulted in grands worth of work????

hartcjhart

NOW, listen up peeps,when you put a car on the gas analyser you have to rev it to certain ammounts that are governed by the computer,IF it is a newish car then it may only need to be revved to a low limit,

IF it is a slightly older car it MAY need to be revved higher to go through(nothing illegal there)

Getting back to the OP it happens and thats it FULL STOP

movilogo

Providing a cambelt is changed along with the required tensioners at sensible intervals you should have no more problems than with a chain cam engine.

In some cars, changing cam belts can cost up to £500. Also, chain can also fail - but usually it gives plenty of warning before so!

Manufacturers use belts because it saves costs for them. Again they get some money if you to go to main dealers for changing the belt

Most people, when buy car, don't even bother whether they have belt or chain. They only realize when dealer charges ££s for changing belt during services or in the hard way (ie. when belt snaps requiring an engine re-build).

I've no problem in buying a cam belt engined car - but it has to be a non-interference once.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_belt

harz99

Conor wrote: »

The test centres now display clear warnings about the test and what can happen with a car that's not been serviced properly.

Which unfortunately would not have been seen by the OP as they did not take the car to the test station personally.

Personally, using what I reckon are sensible precautions, for a cam belted engine at nearly ten years old the car should have been on its' second belt and at that mileage approaching another new one.

Tough luck, I am afraid.

tomstickland

the last one I had says 2600 rpm, that is over revving in my book

2600rpm is not over revving. An engine will have a safe rpm limit of around 6500rpm for a petrol and somewhere around 4500rpm for a Diesel. You can sit on the limiter for 10 minutes without trouble. Generally the coolant will just heat up if the vehicle is not moving.