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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / March 2006

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Damaged valves

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Nasher - 12 Mar 2006 15:18 GMT
Hi
  I think i have some damaged valves due to a broken camshaft sproket.
Does anyone have any idea how much this would cost to fix, just a rough
estimate. Or how long it would likely to take a mechanic. the car is a
peugeot 306 xsi. 97
  many thanks
faggy - 13 Mar 2006 16:23 GMT
If the valves are damaged it'll be because they've hit the tops of the
pistons and been bent as a result.... meaning the pistons also likely
to be damaged; so too are the vale guides, in fact this kind of event
can be fairly catastrophic. You'd know if they'd hit because the noise
would have been dreadful and the engine would now have very poor
compression and run poorly. I'd guess it would take a decent mechanic
at least a full day's worth of labour to sort, maybe even a couple of
days, assuming he simply does a complete cylinder head exchange,
replaces pistons etc... but along the way you'd have the costs of the
new parts plus re-grinding the cylinders etc. You're probably looking
at some serious costs here, maybe more than the vehicle is worth and it
may be cheaper to get a recon engine. Before doing anything check the
compression (or get it checked). That'll give you a fair idea of any
damage.

> Hi
>    I think i have some damaged valves due to a broken camshaft sproket.
> Does anyone have any idea how much this would cost to fix, just a rough
> estimate. Or how long it would likely to take a mechanic. the car is a
> peugeot 306 xsi. 97
>    many thanks
Nasher - 13 Mar 2006 18:10 GMT
Hi
   The car started then shut down after about 2 seconds. The car was not
moving and there was no noise at all from the engine. the camshaft jammed
which broke the sproket and now the car wont start just turns over. any
help many thanks.
Mindwipe - 13 Mar 2006 21:04 GMT
> Hi
>    The car started then shut down after about 2 seconds. The car was not
> moving and there was no noise at all from the engine. the camshaft jammed
> which broke the sproket and now the car wont start just turns over. any
> help many thanks.

first port of call is a new timing belt then cross your fingers
as the rule the pistons normally survive the impact but not always so the
valves
 
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