the_phet

Location is Glasgow (Scotland). Spec, I am not sure. "Fabia 2 Htp 70" is what Motorscan says. It is a hatchback. MOT until May 2024. Colour is blue. If you are interested we can chat privately.

I was bought privately so there's no warranty.

The original mechanic (the one who didn't want to do the job) said it'd be 600-1000. And I was willing to spend around that. Perhaps a max of 800. But I think 1200-1400 is just too much. Thanks for your help.

I went today (with the bike) to a couple of Garages near my area which have good reputation. Both of them said it's a big job. One quoted me over 1k, the other one said 1.2k - 1.4k. Both of them said it's a common problem with these cars. I asked them about fitting a new (used) engine. Both of them advised against it. Considering I paid for the car 1.5k, sadly I am inclined to scrap it (and recover as much of the insurance money and road tax as possible).

The car is Fabia 2 Htp 70, 68 BHP. So i think it is the 70bhp as you say. I do park it in a slope, and the handbrake was not amazing. But when it happened it was actually at a friends house where it is parked flat (the car had been there for 2 weeks).

This garage did not sell me the car, and I am not annoyed with them or anything. If they don't want to do the job, fair enough. They said it is a gamble, and they might fix it and still wouldn't work. I didn't know just by the sound you can tell if the valves are damaged. Anyway, now I need to think what I do. I need to contact a few garages to see if anyone would be interested.

The car is a Fabia from 2010, HTP 1.2L (Petrol). Around 90k miles. I bought the car at the start of June. It had 12 months MOT. I drove the car like 5 or 6 times (200 miles max) and one day I went to start it and it'd wouldn't go. Electrics and all of that were on, and the starter sound was there, but the engine didn't engage. I phoned a friend, and he checked it around for a few hours. Eventually we swapped a sensor, and nothing. My friend thought the timing chain slipped. The car was recovered to a garage, were it was for a couple of weeks. Finally I went to see them, and I don't think they did any diagnostics beyond starting the car, listening to it and nope, not interested. The mechanic said that fixing it would be 600-1000. But he also said that it's a gamble and therefore it is a job they are not interested in doing. Mechanic said valves are bent, but my friend said this unlikely because the chain didn't sleep while the car was working. I don't think the mechanic checked it, to be honest, but he has the experience. I am going to contact other garages, but I don't know if I should just scrap it. (scrap websites offer 200). It'd be a big loss. But spending 800 and then not working is an even bigger loss. At the same time I don't know if the problem is fixable, or if it's a big of a gamble as the mechanic said.