mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone

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Thu 1 Mar 2012 19:44
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - leeboy

hi,well my cam belt went today i was only traveling at about 5 mph i knew pretty much strait away something like that was wrong switched off engine strait away called aa and yep thats what it wasi was wondering how roughly much this would cost and how much damage may have accured the belts were all changed at 60000 miles it has done 11000 now i was going to change them at 120000 is that about the time there shud have been redone?thanks any advice is gratefull.lee

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Fri 2 Mar 2012 20:32
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - Collos25

You will not know till its stripped down and any damaged assessed .

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Mon 5 Mar 2012 00:35
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - leeboy

thanks for reply well its in the garage at the min taking head off tomorow so fingers crossed it wont be to bad

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Fri 16 Mar 2012 06:04
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - leeboy

update just to let anyone with the same problem it cost 650 icl vat.,4 bent valves head skim belt kit bolt kit steel gasket oil and filter change and coolant and water pump.not to bad i thought still im wounded for the price of changing the belt when u buy a car proof or no proof change the belt when u buy a car!

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Fri 16 Mar 2012 08:22
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - TeeCee

update just to let anyone with the same problem it cost 650 icl vat.,4 bent valves head skim belt kit bolt kit steel gasket

Not bad. That steel gasket is worthwhile and would have been required at some point anyway on a VVC "K" series. I've seen places charging more than that, even without the valves and water pump. They often require a head skim when the inevitable gasket failure occurs, so that's probably a preemptive action to ensure that the new gasket lasts as long as possible.

Sounds like you took it somewhere that knows what they're doing. Who was it?

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Fri 16 Mar 2012 23:45
mgzr 160 vvc 1.8 - cam belt gone - leeboy

yeh great price it from a local garage called t&c auto repairs but didnt replace water pump as i first stated as it was fairly new i thought at first they did but my mistake,i sort of know the mechanic to a friend of my uncles he did say he done it as cheap as possible and hardly made much he said would of cost around £800 + from any other place so it helped that i knew him he did do me a big favour.the gasket origianly went at 60000 miles,i had the new steel gasket belt kit and bolts coolant water pump done then i had it booked in to get the belts changed next month cause it had 115000 on the clock and shud replace every 60000 but unfortuanatly for me it went just before was due to get changed so my advise would do the change at 50000 to be on the safe side

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