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Well what can I say about the week I have just had except I wished I could have crawled into a hole and stayed there for the rest of my life. This has what has gone wrong this past week.
1. The hoover packed up - not a major big ...
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Well what can I say about the week I have just had except I wished I could have crawled into a hole and stayed there for the rest of my life. This has what has gone wrong this past week.
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1. The hoover packed up - not a major big deal but still 2. The toasted broke - ok, bad luck comes in 3's 3. The microwave starts making a really bad noise - that should be the end of my bad luck 4. My cars timing belt snaps - ouch, so much for the rule of 3 Thank good all is sorted now. Getting the hoover picked up and repaired under warranty, got a new toaster. The microwave must be special as it fixed itself (still giving it evil looks tho, lol) and I got my car back yesterday. New timing belt, new drive belt, new head gasket and a reconditioned cylinder head. (Garage wanted over £1000, good job I got a mate that is a fully qualified mechanic, picked my car up, done the repairs and brought it back to me for £350) There is still light at the end of the tunnel! My System: -
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timing belt? wow, just a little bit major. when was it last replaced?
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Yikes. That sounds bad.
What a bugger for the timing belt to go, that really puts the car out of action.
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I have had the car 3 months, only thing I forgot to ask was about the timing belt, asked every other possible question. Got it all fixed now, had a total overhaul of the engine done, all gaskets replaced, valves reseated, all belts replaced and all the timing done, engine should be good now for about 4 years until the next timing belt change
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do you have a Land Rover, zerocool?
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no katana i have a renault scenic
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I've had tooth ache so severe that I've concidered paying the £550 to get it sorted or ride my bike off a cliff cause theres no way im doing it on the nhs again... i win
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Depends on how you look at it, but I'd say you got lucky with the timingbelt issue... Spend about £1200 fixing up my Vectra last October because it needed a new gearbox and clutch. Was close to the cambelt change interval so I decided to get that one done in the process, along with some other bits and peaces.
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Two months (and less that 2000 miles) after the cambelt was replaced, it snaps and takes the whole engine with it... Car was a complete write-off. My System: Willy Wonka's Polygon Factory
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