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06-12-12, 09:56 AM
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Would you buy the car but not do the belts? Doesn't this risk complete engine failure?
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I'm afraid I'm one of those guys that gets a car and sells it on soon after ... I've never had a car that needed them doing.
My current one has a receipt for them being done a few years ago, so I'm not gonna do it again. Fact is that you can get a whole replacement engine for £200-£300 but I accept that it would need to get fitted, be off the road, inconvenient blah de blah...
Unless I was on starship mileage or running one of the very first Mk1s that I wanted to keep for ever and ever .... I'd be risking it personally.
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06-12-12, 09:38 AM
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The Alan Gow of OBTCC
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It's a risk but you may be lucky!
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06-12-12, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Smokey
It's a risk but you may be lucky!
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Also depends how handy you are, it is possible to change the belts yourself. It's time consuming, and you have to be pretty methodical, but it's possible.
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06-12-12, 09:52 AM
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The Alan Gow of OBTCC
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Better spending the £400 and having no worries that buying a new car all the time imo!
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06-12-12, 10:23 AM
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When a belt "goes" ...what happens - big bang, or slowly reduced prformance? .... and if big bang, what are the consequences if you're traveling @ 70 mph for example
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06-12-12, 10:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ippon
When a belt "goes" ...what happens - big bang, or slowly reduced prformance? .... and if big bang, what are the consequences if you're traveling @ 70 mph for example
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Bang, no warning, bent/snapped valves, possible hole in the piston.
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06-12-12, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by littlened
Bang, no warning, bent/snapped valves, possible hole in the piston.
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And sudden frozen engine? I.E. possibility of an accident being caused? - unless you dip the clutch of course....
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06-12-12, 10:36 AM
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go on then .... on a 80K car 8YO car .... how likely?
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06-12-12, 10:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ippon
go on then .... on a 80K car 8YO car .... how likely?
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There's just no way of telling I don't think. Could last another 50k, could last 500 mile.
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06-12-12, 02:38 PM
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Belt snaps at 70, thats one dead engine.
Friend of mine had a similar issue going uphill in 2nd gear. Cambelt tensioner failed on his VVC, ruined the whole engine. Holes in pistons was one small problem :|
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