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and the williams is dead :D
Not bad going really, Just popped to my mates to pick up a cam-belt kit and guess what snapped.... Ouh yeah baby. i was only pootling around as well when it went.
Mother ****ing piece of poo, that'll teach me to buy french lol.
So, £1700 down and i still have no comfy working everyday car, proper rubbish.
t45_ste
10-11-08, 09:28 PM
Thats ****e. Feel for you.
noooooooo! Shouldn't be too bad if you were just pootling? whip the head off and see what's happened.
head off then? they ping valves really easily. how fast and what revs bud?
Aww youre jokin man thats real harsh:( :eek: :cry:
Theyre not renowned for being overly valve safe so id guess if youre kucjy you just need a set of valves and the belt kit, shall i even bother to price up gen ones for you mate?
30/40mph around 3kish i've fell out with it now anyways so i dont want it anymore, CBA to fix it lol i only bought it so i didnt have ti **** about with cars for a little while.
I'll have it for free, get it out your way, as a favour lol
Aww youre jokin man thats real harsh:( :eek: :cry:
Theyre not renowned for being overly valve safe so id guess if youre kucjy you just need a set of valves and the belt kit, shall i even bother to price up gen ones for you mate?
Its ok mate, I got one tonight from my mate, he works at euro car parts, it was booked in this week as well lmfbo.
Or you could give it to your bestest mate lol (me i think)
Na dont get shut of it bud still keep it hiding away somewhere if you can and ebay it in a few years when the rest have rotted away lol
**** me thasts two mint future classics i have lying around. grrrr
Its ok mate, I got one tonight from my mate, he works at euro car parts, it was booked in this week as well lmfbo.
I meant the valves bud as i already gave you the price of a belt kit, thats really bad aint it, a similar thing happened to my mates wifes 172, it died on the ramps at the garage when she drove it in!
Ffs, you couldnt be aloud anything.
**** me thasts two mint future classics i have lying around. grrrr
Well if it comes to it then burn the french fail and save the nova:)
Count Vaux Alot
10-11-08, 09:41 PM
what a c u n £ sorry to hear such bad news
30/40mph around 3kish i've fell out with it now anyways so i dont want it anymore, CBA to fix it lol i only bought it so i didnt have ti **** about with cars for a little while.
I hate to say it, but thats the exact same thing that happened to my friend in his GTi-6. Ranted it a fair bit and it came back for more every time, yet one of the few occasions where he was driving fairly slowly and the belt went kapwing. Took out most of his engine with it.
Funniest bit was, a day or so after getting it back, he tried to race an Impreza and bent the crank lol
Times like this I'm glad to be driving the celica - "safe" engines ftw :D
i'm outta cars cba with them now lol spat my dummy well out.
gutted for you mate , you know where i am though if you want to have ago fixing it :thumb:
i was going to set it on fire, but it wouldnt be worth while lol
That's a ****ter mate! Not the sort of car you should have picked if you wanted a quick reliably daily driver though IMO! I would have had my money on gearbox issues first :( Whip the head off and see the extent of the damage when you can be bothered in a few days :)
About the paint, I thought it was the 16v's that were Monaco and the Willy was another blue but didn't want to look like a n00b!
Chin up lad!
yeah its sporty blue 449, willy 3's were monaco. there is not a lot between the two TBH. lol
Spud you have PM my little princess
Spat your dummy out lol lol
Let me know if your up for selling it though Rexton :thumb:
dj_wudgey
11-11-08, 01:05 PM
no way man i feel for you id be gutted but then it may teach you not to go french again!!
thats some proper sh!te luck!
oh dear Rexy.
You now know deep down you should of went for my veccy as that had a new belt and roller kit fitted when the new engine went in before i picked it up.
It was all vx stuff aswell.
Chinup mate fix it flog it.
Spud you have PM my little princess
Replied lover;) lol
~~joycey~~
11-11-08, 03:57 PM
Rexy fix it mate if you were only going 30 or 40mph the chances are u wouldnt have done much damage
I will ask my mate justin, he has one and should be able to give u some advice :thumb:
Rexy fix it mate if you were only going 30 or 40mph the chances are u wouldnt have done much damage
I will ask my mate justin, he has one and should be able to give u some advice :thumb:
My mates wifes X reg 172 spat its belt on tickover and took out 13 valves iirc, theres no guarantees with french engines especially not 16valvers unfrotunately!
~~joycey~~
11-11-08, 04:32 PM
My mates wifes X reg 172 spat its belt on tickover and took out 13 valves iirc, theres no guarantees with french engines especially not 16valvers unfrotunately!
Luck of the draw though to be fair he wont know til he looks! Dont give up though Rexy :thumb:
**** knows what im going to do but, After Spuds little price from Ren i think my head went threw my ****. lol
**** knows what im going to do but, After Spuds little price from Ren i think my head went threw my ****. lol
I dont blame you on that one mate but its a very rare car when alls said and done so that alone should niggle you into trying to fix.
But having said that if you do then its not quite a bargain anymore is it:cry:
set fire to it, claim insurance money, buy a proper car
thought about it mate, No point doing that. Looking at a clio 172 engine but it was bought so i could chill and use the nova as a project not vice versa.
Either one needs to go or **** knows Head ****ed lol.
mrs Rexy
11-11-08, 08:53 PM
I'll help u fix it :P
nope, there both staying off road. Im done with cars
Justin..
12-11-08, 08:53 PM
dont be such a girl :P
dont be such a girl :P
you know rexy well then lol ,
xx you know i love you princess
dave.gsi
12-11-08, 10:30 PM
wow, that broke quicker than i thought it would!
gutted mate, been there and done that with a clio 16V........took a £1000 loss on it in like 3 months.....lesson learnt.....don't buy french cars, they break easily and cost a fortune to fix!
Justin..
12-11-08, 10:33 PM
lol i wish i'd learnt, but i love my french bucket even after spending 10k on it LOL
not the cars fault, prev owner's never changed it **** happens and it certainly did for me. On that the nova has to go tho now to fund the willy
On that the nova has to go tho now to fund the willy
LMFAO
Nooo dont get rid of the poor lil nova rexy....:cry:
Dont push it out into the cold this winter and show it you dont love it anymore just because youve bought a mean old french car thats sucking up all of your pennies.....................
lol, but its comfier and goes better without the hassle lol. Winters here so they dont give about **** about me.
Alright then heres one to prove which of them loves you, go to them both and check the battery has charge, (swap to a non flat batter if needed) then fire them both up.....
Ooh whats that the french one doesnt want to, sounds like the nova loves you more mate:thumb:lol
~~joycey~~
12-11-08, 11:33 PM
Alright then heres one to prove which of them loves you, go to them both and check the battery has charge, (swap to a non flat batter if needed) then fire them both up.....
Ooh whats that the french one doesnt want to, sounds like the nova loves you more mate:thumb:lol
lol lol lol
guess what battery is on the nova :P Xsara VTS lmfbo Fail! Piss taking ****er... lol
lol just put the xe in the nova , we could do it in a day lol
needs Building up mate, New cylinder head is waiting to be put on... got everything there.. but the bay needs painting. I want my clio back on the road so shut it lol.
Listen to riggy mate he speaks sense:thumb:
You might have the battery from your old xsara on the nova but i bet the eager lil beasty will fire up if you ask her tolol:p
He!!!! will matey them 1.0l engines are hardfarkingcore. Its too late now anyways... ive decided to break the nova and sell up to fund the williams.
DW-Nova
13-11-08, 11:08 PM
Those clio william's are very awkard to work on, i would imagine the reason that the cambelt hasn't been changed is that if you pay someone to do it the book time is something stupid like 12 hours if i remeber correctley technically you have to take the engine out, however you can use a scissor jack and an engine crane and push the engine over whilst it's off the mounts and suspended on the crane and you can just about get in there, i hope you find it fun working on them as you'll spend plenty of time doing it, stick to vauxhall or jap mate !!
get lump and box oout rebuild put back in. thats what a reno tec told me today
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