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ok, in that case, how did they breakdown/justify the £250 they were trying to charge you?
Sounds like they are really doing there best to rip you off.
Technical Timing Belt Snapped :-(
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Technical Timing Belt Snapped :-(
ok, in that case, how did they breakdown/justify the £250 they were trying to charge you?
Sounds like they are really doing there best to rip you off.
thats how it feels, they reckon 6 hours labour ?
now i know that they charge 60 per hour, so that would alot more than 250 anyway !
she give me a breakdown of why they had to charge that , and had to pay up so the recovery guy could take my car, and i was on the phone to them .
New Mechanic will be able to tell if the head or anything else
had been removed.
John
had been removed.
John
I know , its him who rang me after picking it up saying he cant believe ive paid them as they havent done nothing.
cheers for linking me up with this new guy buy the way !
No problem, with any luck the car will be fine after
the repair and if trading standards think Warrington Motors
are out of line they will sort it. Let us know how you get on.
John
PS If the waterpumps turned by the cambelt I'd recommend
having that changed at the same time not sure if he did mine
as it's not listed on the invoice.
the repair and if trading standards think Warrington Motors
are out of line they will sort it. Let us know how you get on.
John
PS If the waterpumps turned by the cambelt I'd recommend
having that changed at the same time not sure if he did mine
as it's not listed on the invoice.
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I'd just get another engine from a scrappies, have everything changed on the new engine like cambelt, water pump, oil pump, gaskets etc and get it fitted.
Would cost less than £1500 for what is basically a brand new engine.
My mates honda civic is on 125k miles on original cambelt lol
Would cost less than £1500 for what is basically a brand new engine.
My mates honda civic is on 125k miles on original cambelt lol
I know it's off topic, but aren't the honda's chain driven?
:Offtopic:
I had my Stilo cambelt done at 32k as I could see no evidence of the previous owner having this work carried out and it was over the 5yrs, also got the water pump changed as sixpot mentions at the same time. It's really sad to see another owner having problems with a Dealer, it seems that good dealers are few and far between, with too much emphasis to sell you a car and then thats it, forget about the aftersales service and fob people off.
I hope you get the car sorted and have better luck in the future with Fiat and the dealer network!
WHOOP ! WHOOP !!! should be back on the road this coming week, big shout out to sixpotman !!! you little PM with the guy who had worked on yours has saved me a decent bit of cash and is all nearly done, just waiting on a final part from fiat and its back !!! :slayer:
tenwierdufos
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good times bet you will be glad to be out of that panda and into a stilo again !
bet you will be glad to be out of that panda and into a stilo again !good times
haha well i have enjoyed it TBH , it like a lil go kart !! but defo looking forward to putting my footdown in the stilo again !!
Got a few other things i need do now when i get it back tho !! new back box , full of tyres too !!
Bad luck
Point here though is, never mind the mileage, you've passed the interval period of 5 years.
Even on standard servicing it should have been changed sometime last year
The cambelt change interval on ALL modern Fiat DOHC engines is three years.....!!! (or 40000mls)
Used to be 6 years or 80000mls, but to many broke before that, so Fiat Itali shortend the interval time, but ONLY for the Double Overhead Camshaft engines.
Not on a Stilo it wasn't :shakehead:
As already said, from the outset it was 5 years or 72k (many might think Fiat intended to type 6 years on the service schedule i.e 6 years x 12k = 72k) but it does clearly state 5 years in the service booklet.
Hence my original post.
i was confused by this as two dealers told me mine wasnt at the mileage or the age at time of enquiry, however it had just turned 5
i never got it done as i got shut not long after
i never got it done as i got shut not long after
why do they need doing so soon?
fords are 10 years/100,000 miles on there dohc engines.
and iv never seen one snap before that.
fords are 10 years/100,000 miles on there dohc engines.
and iv never seen one snap before that.
Well, maybe the UK importer shortened the interval by a year themselves already...??
Anyway, it's not inportant what the interval WAS, but what the correct interval is right now.....3 years, or +/- 40.000mls.
Right then , the jobs been done in regards with the cambelt snapping , valves replaced ect .
anyway garage came to start the car and it was sparking up but engine wud not start . computer showing cam sensor fault so replaced as is looks like it was damaged when the belt went but still the engine wont start !! been five or so weeks now im cracking up with out my stilo !!! :bang:
anyway garage came to start the car and it was sparking up but engine wud not start . computer showing cam sensor fault so replaced as is looks like it was damaged when the belt went but still the engine wont start !! been five or so weeks now im cracking up with out my stilo !!! :bang:
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Cam sensor is very easy to damage - most likely when refitting the cam pulley (pulley itself has a very soft track of metal that the sensor detects --> it can be bent with fingers.. as i’ve found out..this then strikes the sensor.. and wastes it) stilo will not run/start without cam and crank sending a "correct" synchronised signal. There is no way (as far as i know) for cam sensor to be damaged by a belt snapping (unless your pulley got broken off).
Ask them to check signal from crank and cam sensors as well as wiring (and kindly let them know that due to position and type of sensor – it could not have been damaged due to the belt)
Ask them to check signal from crank and cam sensors as well as wiring (and kindly let them know that due to position and type of sensor – it could not have been damaged due to the belt)
tenwierdufos
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Thats what they state but i still wouldnt trust that, a couple of years ago i had a ford escort 1.6 si, which at the time would have been 9 yrs old, with 80,000 on the clock and the timing belt was screaming.
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