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Camshaft Chain has gone bang

Post by mr wilks » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:29 pm

£1850/£2150
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Post by Jembo » Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:15 pm

I was going to say not much change from £2k... I had a 16v Golf GTi loose it’s belt at full chaff in 1994 & saw no change from £1500
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Post by firebobby » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:54 pm

£2500
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Post by henryjames » Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:47 pm

Urgh, was more than that,
Was told the belt was £1800 alone....

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Post by mr wilks » Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:08 pm

henryjames wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:47 pm Urgh, was more than that,
Was told the belt was £1800 alone....
Belt :? no belts in there :(
My indy does this job pretty regularly , each situation being slightly different but £1500 is his average , much less if you have the job done as a routine prior to failure
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Post by john-e89 » Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:16 pm

henryjames wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:47 pm Urgh, was more than that,
Was told the belt was £1800 alone....
Where were the repairs done Henry?
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