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Coming home from work, 11:00pm at night. Get to the last couple of corners, coming up to a round about. Go to change down into second, Bang, crunch, crunch. Engine shuts off, turn left through the round about, car dead. :bonk:

Look behind me - RAA guy sitting in car park. How cool. Guy comes has look at car. Says he heard it blow from across the road. Asks me to touch the ign. key. Sounds like its coming from the front of the engine. Timing cover.

The cars only just done 109k. I know coz I bought the car at 103k. Previous owner had 100k service done, Raa guy reckons the belt was prob fitted wrong, incorrectly adjusted, or something was left untightened.

Wat a hedfark. The workshop in question that the previous owner used was Turbo Tune on South Road.

Anyone else had a problem like this, or am I just an unlucky b*stard?

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Is it under any sort of warranty? Surely Turbo Tune is in the wrong if they had not long done the 100,000km service.

Maybe they didn't change the timing belt?

I have spoken to a guy that had the same thing in his R33 -

result = new engine needed, it was completely stuffed internally

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It probably almost is bent valves etc. -Joel- is helping me with info on sorting a new engine. rb30 with 25 head sounds good.

Nah, i dont think it will be still under warranty, eventhough it was only done 30/10/02. Its done ~9000k since. Dunno if it was due to their workmanship, but could see em sayin "Sorry mate, not our problem"

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cam timing belt has either come off or snapped, the valves that were open when this has happend stayed open, and the pistons have come up the bores and smashed into them.

A really bad thing to happen

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Surely somethings not right there. I'd be contacting turbo tune to see if they can help you out in some way.

I know if mine was to go now (I had it done 3 months ago) I'd be jumping up and down like a raving lunatic. I'd call them and tell them what has happened and see what they think?

Did they replace the idlers and tensoiners as well? My belt was replaced because it got really noisy around the cam belt cover area, it turned out all of the tensioners/idlers were seized and the belt was almost ready to snap.

They might have left the old ones on there, and they may have possibly failed??

Its hard to assume things on others behalf, and I'm not having a go at Turbo Tune, but I reckon they should help with the cost of a re-build if it was found that the timing belt which they replaced has failed and rooted your motor

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man thats farked :)

I wouldn't rush into any engine purchases without at least consulting Turbo Tune first.

Seeing the car had that work done by them, they should at least check it out for you. Just hope they dont try and pass the buck :)

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