DannyE2010
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Registered: 1st Jan 10
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Hi all,after abit of advise u bought a corsa 1.4 sport yesterday it got me all the way home from haverford west to caerphilly fine over 100 mile run,drove it down from my house 30-40 and it slipped off and had to roll to a stop,I took the cover off and its a new belt and its just abit slack my mate said its a 50/50 that I have bent valves he said I could line it up and tighten it and try to start it and it could be fine? If not jaw much are valves ect? Any advise please
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DannyE2010
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30-40mph sorry
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3CorsaMeal
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Exact same happened to me when i bought my corsa 1.4 sport, as part of the deal of me buying it, the seller was to have the cambelt changed.
The tensioner bolt had slipped loose on the way home, luckily i got away with no damage
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spencer88
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Registered: 6th Oct 08
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Ring the seller and blame him......
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Gary
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quote: Originally posted by spencer88
Ring the seller and blame him......
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
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tighten the belt and crack it over by hand see its it turns freely
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DannyE2010
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Just had a look naw bought new cambelt kit naw 98quid an number 1 and 2 exhaust many are ice cold my mate said I've only dun about 2-4 valves as wen he turns bolt cam only jumps abit or something so hopefully get seals tomos and get it done,and will be telling seller he said it was changed by him 6k ago all parts are old
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spencer88
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What do you expect the seller to do? 6,000 miles is quite a lot. Pretty sure I wouldnt look like new after doing 6,000 miles rotating at several thousand rpm.
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DannyE2010
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Belt was in poor condition and 3 metal parts Where rusted to hell old as can be,ne body no use much valves are?
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