littlewhiteute wrote:I'll give you a very ballpark figure, applies to any four cylinder with a timing belt.
More engines are "interference" rather than "free spinning" these days.
When the belt covers come off, you can "rock" each cam with pistons at halfway, bent valves will show up as a cam that travels a long way before any valves move. If the cams feel ok, put on new timing belt and see if the engine runs on four cylinders. Generally about $300 fitted.
If heads need to come off, could be $2000 - $3000 depending on number of valves bent etc, obviously fixing your oil leaks at the same time, probably cam seals or rocker cover gaskets.
" wrote:" wrote:Can someone expand on this quote (if not Ineedabeer) - my car recently broke down, RACV guy thinks it might be the timing belt. We're going to get it towed on Monday so I came looking for a guesstimate on costs.
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Mine ended up with 4 bent valves,so what does that mean?The engine has to come out and the heads removed.The valves would then need to be cheked,any obvious bent ones would have to go and the rest would probably have to be checked on a lathe.You will also need to get while the engine is outthe rear main seal done as it makes sense to get it done while it is out.as you can see it is a fairly major job,I'm yet to get my bill yet but i expect it to be about $2500 that also would depend on wether it is DOHC or SOHC.Mine is Dohc.
It's a shame, as I paid $2000 for the car! Thank you for the info in any case. Mine's an 89 L series so I think it's OHC. Would probably bite the bullet and get the work done (if it comes to it) for various reasons. Not really in the mood to car hunt, and it's been a fair few years with no hassles before it's come to this situation - but will I ever forgive myself for taking it to a new garage rather than drive the extra 20ks to a trusted mechanic? *shakes head*
