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Amma
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Hi all 2 days ago I bought a Brava 1.4s, 96 N reg 74000 miles a nice car apart from a dent in the wing, regularly serviced and was told that the cam belt had been changed 11000 miles ago.
It was running sweetly until.... it stopped!
called out the RAC.
He asks me to turn the key and the starter makes a strange noise, he says The bottom of the engine is turning but not the top, took the cover off the side and found that the cam belt had not snapped, but was just very lose.
Im dont know weather to spend any money on this or to scrap it or even to get a different engine, on reading up i found that the 1.4 is the least popular engine, maybe i should try find a second hand 1.2 and put that in or a diesel. or maybe strip it down myself to see what the damage is to save garage bills.
Any comments apreciated
ps i paid £200 for the car, so if i scrap it its not lost me a fortune.
It was running sweetly until.... it stopped!
called out the RAC.
He asks me to turn the key and the starter makes a strange noise, he says The bottom of the engine is turning but not the top, took the cover off the side and found that the cam belt had not snapped, but was just very lose.
Im dont know weather to spend any money on this or to scrap it or even to get a different engine, on reading up i found that the 1.4 is the least popular engine, maybe i should try find a second hand 1.2 and put that in or a diesel. or maybe strip it down myself to see what the damage is to save garage bills.
Any comments apreciated
ps i paid £200 for the car, so if i scrap it its not lost me a fortune.