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Last week i took my non turbo r33 skyline to a mechanics shop to get the timing belt changed, spark plugs ,fuel injectors the lot done.

i handed the car over on wednesday and the mechanic said it would be ready by thursday,come thursday not ready..

i go in on friday and theyd done all the work, but the pistons wer not turning properly so i had to leave it over the weekend.

and so today i whent back and the engine is fkd! one of the pistons hit 'somthing' and i need to get a new motor!

basicaly i need advice from anyone who has a clue, the mechanic claims that this happens alot to no.4 and 6 cylinders in skylines, i smell bullshit but i cant argue, i drove it in there no worries and now its rooted, they claim to have checked it all before starting it and then when they started it there was a massive clonk sound , its too much of a coinsidence that it fkd up there and then....

so does anyone know if that actualy is a problem with skylines,or is it the fact that the timing belt wasnt installed properly or what?

so any help from anyone would be very muchly appreaciated!

thanks

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Luciano Veteran

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i wouldnt be able to give you extremely technical advice on this, but i reckon that is complete shite...

you may be on the ball assuming they havent installed something correctly and have caused the problem, but proving it is another thing hey. Maybe have it towed to another mechanic who works on imports quite regularly.

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hey glog sorry that had to happen to u

i showed a mate of mine and he loves his cars, he says the mechanic didn't instal the timing belt correctly and the piston hit the valve. hes pretty sure thats wats happened judging by what he has read.

hope all goes ends up going well for ya

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sorry to hear that this has happened to you mate....from what i can read about it i think its the mechanics fault....i only take my car to trusted import workshops/garages.....where my mates have gone before and a place where they also have a very good repp

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worst case seek legal advice. im pretty sure you got something to go on. car was fine before service now its dead. maybe get a report from a reputable workshop that can diagnose the problem that it could only have happened due to the work done on it...ie timing belt not installed properly for the 100k service you paid for.

good luck on getting it fixed. hopefully they're decent enough to admit fault and fix your car.

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Try to take your car out of there if pos. Thake it to a workshop you can trust , get them to take the cyl head off and give you a report as to why it happened . Armed with that go to fair trading and see if you can get them to pay for the damage .

At a guess I would say they mistimed the belt and when they tried to start it a piston or 2 hit the valves and bent them .

It's not rocket science, all you have to do is line the cam gears with the marks and at the same time the crank gear with its mark as well.

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sounds likie the mechanic did a quick job and didn't line up the cam gears properly... everything needs to be turning at the right time or shit crunches into each other.... that's why the cam gears have markings on them.

the pistons are all the right length etc, and dont just "hit" things without being in the wrong place at the wrong time... that's why they call it a TIMING belt... its made specifically to TIME the pistons!

dont let them near it or at very least be there when the cover is taken off and take a photo, if they marked the belt in any way, which is common, you will be able to see if things dont match up. even if you cant tell a qualified mechanic will be able to tell you

sorry to hear...

i feel your pain, my 33 was hurt from a similar prob... mechanic crossthreaded the tensioner pulley for the cam belt and it broke under load, luckily the belt stayed on! still ran me $882 though!

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