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£520 for a timing belt and water pump?
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I would have done it for her if it was a better time of the year but there's no chance I'm standing out in the freezing rain trying to do it in January.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
I've been married 20-odd years, and don't think hers have ever been done.
By and large, though, they don't tend to just give up these days. I was talking to a mechanic friend not so long ago about it and he says he rarely, if ever, sees a broken timing belt that hasn't been caused by an external factor.
It's usually an engine auxiliary run off the same belt that tightens up or seizes completely that causes them to go, or a serpentine belt that breaks and then gets caught in the pulleys/belts of the engine timing.
EDIT, yeah, I see what you did now. D'oh. Have a lol.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Just buy the parts and do it yourself.
1. Have nowhere to do it
2. Dont know how
3. Have absolutely no inclination to try - I know absolutely nothing about what goes on under the bonnet, and I aim to keep it that way
My retired old man "mission statement" is - If you can pay a man to do it, do so. -- Mrs Bert seems to be very excited bout that for some reason
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
My Mum gave up driving last October & gave me her car.
It is a 2015 Skoda Fabia SE MPI mk3 and despite it having the pulling power of an asthmatic hamster, it had only done 11,500 miles from new! So a no brainer.
As the service interval for the belts was 5 years or 50k miles, it should have been fine but I didn't want to risk it so had the belts & water pump done. £500 & almost a heart attack later... I realised that having had my cars serviced for years by a great non VAT registered garage near work, the new guy at home charged VAT, so 20% on a large but reasonable bill became HOW MUCH!
Anyway, before doing anything, the crank & cam shafts have to be locked in position using specialist tools, as if there is any slight variation in the alignment of the timing train while replacing the belt(s), the engine can run badly & be damaged.
Even the mechanic had problems, as the timing alignment marks on the timing cogs were not where they were supposed to be (from the factory) & if he had done things 'by the book' it could have screwed the engine. Scary shit.
I love modern engineering, but I really hate the inability to work on it.
I just don't always want to.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
That's a slippery slope........
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.