Hi I was looking for adivce. My timing Belt went and was fixed at a local garage for 600 pounds. I have not paid yet. 30 miles later the engine seized and now they want another 400 pounds for a new engine and they will fit it for nothing.
My question is, Is it reasonable to assume that a garage which gets a car with 80k and 8years old with a timing belt that is shredded that it could be due to an imminent seizure problem? It was not any obvious reason why the belt had gone, engine oil causing perishing of the belt, completely seized part on the belt.
Would it be reasonable to assume that in the checks that you do not just check the top part of the engine but you would also check the condition of the lower part of the engine also?
They also asked, after fixing the Timing belt and valves, that the engine was difficult to turn over, which they got told then that that was not normal for the car.
There is oil in the car but obviously I do not know how good the system is lubricated, or if the problem was caused by coolant, but it was not hot at the time of the seizure (no smoke from the engine).
My question is, Is it reasonable to assume that a garage which gets a car with 80k and 8years old with a timing belt that is shredded that it could be due to an imminent seizure problem? It was not any obvious reason why the belt had gone, engine oil causing perishing of the belt, completely seized part on the belt.
Would it be reasonable to assume that in the checks that you do not just check the top part of the engine but you would also check the condition of the lower part of the engine also?
They also asked, after fixing the Timing belt and valves, that the engine was difficult to turn over, which they got told then that that was not normal for the car.
There is oil in the car but obviously I do not know how good the system is lubricated, or if the problem was caused by coolant, but it was not hot at the time of the seizure (no smoke from the engine).