i had just pulled out of my drive in the snow, proceeded round a corner and made about 300 yards before it died.. check engine light is now on, and when i try and turn it over it does it but a lot quiter and obviously not starting!

please advise..

also need advice on where to take my car within the north lincs area, closer to s****horpe, and the easiest cheapest way to get it there.

 

could be fuel starvation?? or a sparking problem ie coilpacks or even a hose come off the intercooler/air leak

 

just a thought m8 but hows the antifreeze? (frozen rad?)

 

anti freeze was change august september at scooby clinic, and the water was luke warm when i dipped my finger in it..

i am scared cambelt may have snapped??
or its something major.. but i have no way of telling around here as (as far as i know) no-one knows jack about these cars and at the moment it aint gonna get to scooby clinic in a hurry!!

 

Water pump froze cam belt fubar ?
Pop one of the cam covers off and check

 

omg i have found the problem...

the cambelt is still in one piece but the top cam (coggy type thing<technical term) on the left (as you look at the car) has disintegrated...

what now??

any idea of a ball park figure on how much this is gonna cost to sort out.. or how much a 2nd hand engine will set me back..

oh what a merry christmas!!!

 

bugger. i feel for you dude.

try colby from hull scoobs. he (is in hull) has several engines lying about.

stew (one of the gay boys from grimsby)

 

uh-oh....
are scooby engines valve-safe?
Its possible you may have bent some valves when the pulley mashed itself, could be engine-out, top-end rebuild!
Thats worse case though...

 

how do i get in touch with these nice people..

thanks

 

Oh dear, sorry to hear that mate, How long was you trying to start it mate? (how long was you turning it over for?)...

I think you may have gave it further damage but you wasnt to know.
...You gonna need to get the engine out, stripped down and have a good look, Decent engine will prob be the best bet, least you can strip your old one down and try and suck some doe back out of it!!!

Good Luck!!!

 

I think he would have to very unlucky to have damaged the top end won't he? Won't he just get away with replacing the damaged sprocket as he hardly drove it under the conditions he described?

 

just send "colby" a pm.

 

i did try a few times to turn it over...
but i was only doing about 10-15 mph as it is a snow/ice covered village lane with kiddies and stuff.. so it died and i immediately dipped clutch and stopped. so i dont know how much damage is done..

what sort of price will an engine set me back.. its only a standard 98 uk car (if that makes a difference).
also roughly how much is it going to cost to get a new one dropped in?

thanks guys i really appreciate your time and input on this.

 

just a quick note to say thanks to stew (apparently the gay dude from grimsby?) for pm'ing colby for me.. i couldnt work out how to pm, so luckily he did that and colby has now contacted me.

thanks guys.

chris

 

Put a new cog and belt on and try it. Thats got to be cheaper then a new one. Also check the antifreeze to make sure water pumps not froze

 

dont think the water pump has froze as the water was nice and warm (ish), going to talk to colby today regarding options so i shall keep you all informed..

thanks

 

no problems m8

stew