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15th January 2009, 22:23 | #1 |
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23 hours later ... drive cam belt goes
Not even 24 hours after picking up the ZT - AND after having the dealer replace the cam belts, fully service and get a complete check on the car, driving home from work on the Westgate freeway - total loss of power and death by cam belt!!! NOOOOOOO!!!
Luckily it wasn't 39 degrees as the day before - but bad enough. So I'm sitting at home this morning waiting for the dealers tow truck to arrive to take her back and work on her ... and picking up my old Honda from them for now til repaired. I haven't even had time to enjoy having it! Depressed and glum Stevieb |
15th January 2009, 22:41 | #2 |
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Bad luck on having that happen to you within 24 hours of owning it. Let's hope the damage done is minor and repairable and you'll have the car back as soon as possible.
Let's hope this doesn't dampen your ownership experience and good spirits. |
16th January 2009, 03:57 | #3 |
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Thanks for the positive thoughts Simon.
Keeping the faith ! Will keep you up with the updates all! |
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It would be extremely rare for a new belt to go. If this is the case then it should be a warranty claim. |
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16th January 2009, 05:30 | #5 |
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Of course, they may have have made a total pig's ear of doing the set up on the replacement?
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16th January 2009, 05:55 | #6 |
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Sorry to hear that StevieB, I bet if they did not change them they wish they had now, that will cost em!!! don't worry it'll get sorted in the end and you will have miles of fun motoring...
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19th January 2009, 00:30 | #7 |
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Update This Morning
Well just got a call - aparently it hasn't actually broken after all - but the water pump seized causing the timing belt to jam and come off???
No damage to the engine and they're replacing the pump and doing a new full written report on the engine as they reassemble after re-fitting the timing belt. Will have her back Friday afternoon... just im time as I had promised it as a Bridal car on Sunday!!! There IS a God after all - had almost given up on Friday. |
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Glad to hear it as 190 valves are very expensive and there's a lot of them.....
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