Cam Belt Snaped

Jorgan_2

I had the cambelt snap on a Bravo 5 years ago, £1100 to repair.

silverbullit

When the cambelt on my Alfa Romeo 147 went a couple of months ago, it caused substantial damage to the valves. To repair everything cost £1,200! But, thankfully, my warranty covered it....phew!

ldavies_3

TB snapped on my astra last year.... 2k to repair..(at halfords.. iknow i know!!) took out loan to pay for it then 6 months later, car written off in accident........ aaarrrghhhhh

thescouselander

goldspanners wrote: »

i was thinking that myself,i would be very worried if my cambelt was squeeling like mad.

That happened on my dads Omega while on the motorway. A tensoiner pully failed completely causing it to seize - lots of squealing and smoke followed by a snapped belt and a completely destroyed engine - the car was written off.

goldspanners

thescouselander wrote: »

That happened on my dads Omega while on the motorway. A tensoiner pully failed completely causing it to seize - lots of squealing and smoke followed by a snapped belt and a completely destroyed engine - the car was written off.

i'll bet it didnt squeel for long.

waggys

Happened to my vauxhall vectra about 6 years ago; sent for dealer service when it was meant to be changed and 5 miles after the service timing belt snapped. Discovered it was the original timing belt and dealer had in fact not changed the timing belt during service. Dealer was made to pay for labour and vauxhall paid for parts (as it was the original timing belt) and cost amounted to £1500 - however this was a vauxhall dealer and I didn't have to foot the bill.

cyclonebri1

As already said get the garage to whip the head off to acertain the extent of the damage.

I do know of one very lucky person that had the belt go on a 1.4 corsa. Now thats an "interference" engine but in this case there was no damage whatsoever apart from the belt itself, probably due to it going on start up, which is when quite a few do go.

Get an estimated cost then decide.

thescouselander

goldspanners wrote: »

i'll bet it didnt squeel for long.

No, it didn't, there wasn't even enough time to stop the car.