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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: 2boxerdogs on 16 May 2015, 09:11:57
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Got my mechanic coming round today to work on the Panda, Having the timing belt & water pump changed 08 plate with 32,000 miles belt is every 5 years or 37,500 miles never been done according to history supplied with it, so best done me thinks..
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Got my mechanic coming round today to work on the Panda, Having the timing belt & water pump changed 08 plate with 32,000 miles belt is every 5 years or 37,500 miles never been done according to history supplied with it, so best done me thinks..
Not too many of these £££££££......I hope? ;)
At least you will have peace of mind. :y
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Bought the Gates kit £80.00 so not too bad & £60.00 labour, like you say peace of mind when it's done.
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Bought the Gates kit £80.00 so not too bad & £60.00 labour, like you say peace of mind when it's done.
£140 is easier on the pocket than an Omega belt change.
Vauxhall have quoted £344 without a WP change. :-\
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All done now, about 3 hours in total , apparently the engine is virtually identical to the Fiesta 1.2 observed the job being done never realised what is involved, not something I would attempt to do !! He also had a good check over the car & reckons it was a superb buy at least £1500 pounds more if we had bought from a dealer , so swmbo has come up trumps with her new runaround.
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All done now, about 3 hours in total , apparently the engine is virtually identical to the Fiesta 1.2 observed the job being done never realised what is involved, not something I would attempt to do !! He also had a good check over the car & reckons it was a superb buy at least £1500 pounds more if we had bought from a dealer , so swmbo has come up trumps with her new runaround.
They do take the piss at times. :y
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All done now, about 3 hours in total , apparently the engine is virtually identical to the Fiesta 1.2 observed the job being done never realised what is involved, not something I would attempt to do !! He also had a good check over the car & reckons it was a superb buy at least £1500 pounds more if we had bought from a dealer , so swmbo has come up trumps with her new runaround.
They do take the piss at times. :y. Yes they certainly do, just lucky with the Fiat belonged to a colleagues father who can no longer drive, serviced & mot carried out every March since new , 2 stone chips on the bonnet are the only marks on it, interior is as new 50% cheaper to tax & insure than her old 2.2 estate. So well pleased, looks good in black as well.
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Isn't this engine a safe one? Thus cambelt blows, no problem (other than getting towed home or to a garage and having to get a new kit?)
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Isn't this engine a safe one? Thus cambelt blows, no problem (other than getting towed home or to a garage and having to get a new kit?)
. Yes it is a non interference type , so should not cause any damage, but I like to keep my cars up to scratch where servicing is concerned , the belt he took off looked fine, but the water pump was showing signs of wear.
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Didn't know there were any non- interference engines nowadays.