heh, guys, well. i thought id update you guys about this now rather than never.
The car started making a horrible rattling sound, as if something kept hitting itself against the top of the engine bay (the sound was really loud and clearly came from the top side of the block when i had popped the hood). The car literally sounded like a truck's engine and basically i lost all my power above 3.5k rpm and even the power delivery reaching that was very jittery and jerky. Basically i parked it and had it towed to my mechanic who got back to me and told me the timing chain was damaged, the left chain tensioner was broken, a chain alignment rod was broken and a cam sprocket was broken. Mind you i have only driven the car twice (because of insurance that i needed to sort out), and such extensive damage coming out of nowhere left me quite shocked. Obviously the dealer ripped me off pretty bad (or maybe he just didnt have a clue), but when i test drove the thing there was absolutely no sign of any faults in the engine, infact the mechanic test drove it himself and said there werent any problems that he could feel. (Is it normal to get a mechanic to open up the engine bay to check it out before buying a car? I do not know and i didnt have this done, but if i am able to do that, for future reference i definately will).
Anyways, im left with a thousand dollar repair bill on it now, and the car should be ready on tuesday once everything is sorted out. Is it normal for something like this to happen without any forewarning at all? Or do you guys think there is something else in the car that i should have thoroughly checked out that may have caused such a near terminal failure (this happened at about 40km/h, imagine if it happened on a highway doing 120km/h...).
I've barely driven the car at all (i think 70 km in total in 2 outings and ive had it for a 3 weeks. the problem happened in week 2 so, eh not a long time at all) and hope everything gets sorted out on tuesday and that i wont be having any big problems after this because i really can't afford the car if things like this keep happening on a regular basis. Given the car has 200K on it already, im hoping this is just one of those big overhauls that need to be done on high milage and then i wont have to do anything too major for it for a while. I'll keep you guys updated (if i get time to, ive been really busy at the same time but ill try my best).
The car started making a horrible rattling sound, as if something kept hitting itself against the top of the engine bay (the sound was really loud and clearly came from the top side of the block when i had popped the hood). The car literally sounded like a truck's engine and basically i lost all my power above 3.5k rpm and even the power delivery reaching that was very jittery and jerky. Basically i parked it and had it towed to my mechanic who got back to me and told me the timing chain was damaged, the left chain tensioner was broken, a chain alignment rod was broken and a cam sprocket was broken. Mind you i have only driven the car twice (because of insurance that i needed to sort out), and such extensive damage coming out of nowhere left me quite shocked. Obviously the dealer ripped me off pretty bad (or maybe he just didnt have a clue), but when i test drove the thing there was absolutely no sign of any faults in the engine, infact the mechanic test drove it himself and said there werent any problems that he could feel. (Is it normal to get a mechanic to open up the engine bay to check it out before buying a car? I do not know and i didnt have this done, but if i am able to do that, for future reference i definately will).
Anyways, im left with a thousand dollar repair bill on it now, and the car should be ready on tuesday once everything is sorted out. Is it normal for something like this to happen without any forewarning at all? Or do you guys think there is something else in the car that i should have thoroughly checked out that may have caused such a near terminal failure (this happened at about 40km/h, imagine if it happened on a highway doing 120km/h...).
I've barely driven the car at all (i think 70 km in total in 2 outings and ive had it for a 3 weeks. the problem happened in week 2 so, eh not a long time at all) and hope everything gets sorted out on tuesday and that i wont be having any big problems after this because i really can't afford the car if things like this keep happening on a regular basis. Given the car has 200K on it already, im hoping this is just one of those big overhauls that need to be done on high milage and then i wont have to do anything too major for it for a while. I'll keep you guys updated (if i get time to, ive been really busy at the same time but ill try my best).
