Sorry to hear that m8, thanks for the heads up. I check my coolant every week along with oil and tyre pressures etc.

 

sorry to hear that mate, i think you best bet would be to get a second hand engine

 

for the price i would rather have a turbo conversion, which is what i would do if the car was not on finance, iv stopped payments and am giving it back to them!

 

for the price i would rather have a turbo conversion, which is what i would do if the car was not on finance, iv stopped payments and am giving it back to them!

If you can prove that it was as a result of the (i guess insurance) repair, why not get on to them?

 

cant prove it already tried that road, just gonna get rid of it now, to much gone wrong,

 

for the price i would rather have a turbo conversion, which is what i would do if the car was not on finance, iv stopped payments and am giving it back to them!

they`ll only take it back if youve maintained it to set standards pretty sure they wont take it back with a blown engine ??? i might be wrong but suspect thats true

 

FIVE GRAND!!! Oh my God. That can't be a genuine figure surely?? Have a ring around a few dealers. They should be able to sort you out for a shit load less than that. What spec's the engine? I know someone in the trade (in Kent) who might be able to help or point you in the right direction (PM me if you like).

Rob

 

I didnt get that much for my car when I sold it!!!

 

for £5k ptp could make it go like fook
thats some bad news tho

 

seriously right, the car cannot be worth that much!

 

bull......sh1t it costs that much. They're talking out of their arse mate. a new engine doesn't even cost that! they're trying to rip you out of everything. Get them to prove its all melted. I've never seen one of these engines melt, haven't even seen one self destruct.

Don't let them do the work AT ALL. get them to release the car and get someone that knows something about the k series to work on it rather than a bunch of monkeys that are trying to rip you off for everything you've got.

Steve - big hater of so called companies that just keep cars for ages and talk rubbish to their customers.

 

bull......sh1t it costs that much. They're talking out of their arse mate. a new engine doesn't even cost that! they're trying to rip you out of everything. Get them to prove its all melted. I've never seen one of these engines melt, haven't even seen one self destruct.

Don't let them do the work AT ALL. get them to release the car and get someone that knows something about the k series to work on it rather than a bunch of monkeys that are trying to rip you off for everything you've got.

Steve - big hater of so called companies that just keep cars for ages and talk rubbish to their customers.

5k was what the 1.8 k series racing spec xpower engine was worth 220bhp wasnt it?

 

wouldn't suprise me if it did Hob, i think you might be able to get a basic K2000 for that

 

I love how much stock parts from dealers cost Rear parcel shelf from toyota is apparantly £300 so got a £40 one from a breakers

 

My mate wanted a new door card for his celica, rung toyota and they wanted £550!

 

My mate wanted a new door card for his celica, rung toyota and they wanted £550!

Yep, if you purchased all the part seperatly I guarantee it would be worth circa 100k.

 

aye. god bless profit margains!!!

 

Second hand engine from a tomcat would be the best way mate and the price would be no where near £5k. Me thinks they are trying to skank you!

 

A complete service engine from PTP would be a hell of a lot less than that, and then you just need someone to bung it in (a few hours labour).

 

i would deffo ring around. like yello-peril said stopping payment on finance might end without car and still having to pay for repair aswell plus bad credit rating!, i know it dont help if skint but get car back on driveway and leave it untill you can afford repairs.

 

Had exactly the same happen to me.. except it was totally my fault..

i fitted samco hoses - which are now on rich's (bullitts) car - went down the motorway to notts one night, and on the way back there was steam coming up from under the bonnet.. had a look, whilst scalding myslef, and one of the hoses had popped off of the radiator.. all my coolant was gone.. i must have only been driving for 20mins.. but the car would no longer start! bugger!

took it into mg the following day on the back of a low loader and told my mate who worked on the service desk what happened..

they said they would do the work "under warranty" !!! LUCKILY !! this was about a year ago now..!

At first they thought it was just a new head gasket - then it turned out that it needed a new top end - Cost would've been £2000 but they were willing to tell a few white lies and do it under warranty.

I had the car for 2 weeks and the engine started knocking - they thought it was piston slap - but then it started over heating and stalling all of the time..

Took it back to the dealer and they said it needed another new top end and a new bottom end! = basically a new engine. Cost of work £5000, but i got it under warranty. - No probs since.#

I'm not tryin to rub it in, as i was very lucky to get mine fixed under warranty, but it took 20mins for me to screw up the entire engine to the extent that it needed a new top and bottom end.. so driving for 3-4 weeks is bound to do enough damage to warrant a £5000 bill.

Hope you manage to sort it all out.. sorry for the essay!
Dave

 

Had exactly the same happen to me.. except it was totally my fault..

i fitted samco hoses -

what colour where the hoses btw?

 

what colour where the hoses btw?

blue hobbles, they give the most BHP gain

 

ha ha !!

the hoses were blue.
and in effect i lost bhp! - all 105bhp!!

 

Blown Head Gasket

Hi ya mate I have just had the headgasket done on my 160 and I must have been lucky. My water started dissapearing and I didnt get it fixed for about a month and I was still canning it. It cost me £780 and I had new front pads fitted at the same time. £5000 is alot of money I really cant see it costing that much. Even on mine the emulsified oil had affected everything including the radiator and it still came no where near your quote even with a cracked head I would have said no more than £1500.