Surprisingly I am one of the few drivers who is very happy with his 02 TXII been told that I am due (90k) to have a new timing chain fitted £850!!! anyone shed any light on this please?
| Taxi Driver Online http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/ |
|
| TXII timing chain.... http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3482 |
Page 1 of 2 |
| Author: | David2428 [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | TXII timing chain.... |
Surprisingly I am one of the few drivers who is very happy with his 02 TXII been told that I am due (90k) to have a new timing chain fitted £850!!! anyone shed any light on this please?
|
|
| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TXII timing chain.... |
David2428 wrote: Surprisingly I am one of the few drivers who is very happy with his 02 TXII been told that I am due (90k) to have a new timing chain fitted £850!!! anyone shed any light on this please?
London Taxi Driver + LTI/TX = Mugs with bottom-less pit. 
|
|
| Author: | David2428 [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
OOOOOh! I can see I'm going to make some nice new friends on this forum.............. 
|
|
| Author: | ezetobebad [ Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
That price sounds excessive friend......I would go for a few more quotes with that one. eze |
|
| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
ezetobebad wrote: That price sounds excessive friend......I would go for a few more quotes with that one.eze
Yes as my son found out with his Astra 2002 tdi, he went round a couple or so garages and got daft prices, think the garages are working like builders now, picking and choosing, oh just give em a high daft price, if I get the job alls well and fine, if not I have plenty of work He ending go back to AA garages, used to be Halfords where he has always been treated right, they told him the belt was ok for another x number of miles as by his service docs. on that engine. One garage told him the price [very high] that he would have to buy in special tools for the job, what clap trap, some don't want the work. |
|
| Author: | rambo [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
You should not have to replace a timing chain unless it breaks. My dad is a retired mechanic and the only time he replaced a timing chain is when someone tow started a car backward's. He was a mechanic for 40 yrs! The engine in the TX2 is designed for the transit and something is not right with the way they fit it into a TX2, how many transit's do you hear about having the chain replaced? none. LTI have got you guy's by the b*ll*ck's and it's not fair, as a phv in london I want to see the black cab survive, but they need to give you a cab that's built properly, not force what they want on you!
|
|
| Author: | TDO [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
rambo wrote: You should not have to replace a timing chain unless it breaks.
But if some chains/belts break then it knackers the engine? |
|
| Author: | rambo [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
When the chain/belt breaks=big bills!
But chains should not be breaking, there is something seriousley wrong with the TX2 and LTI know about it. I had a 1974 land rover with a chain and it never went wrong. 
This problem is costing LTI a fortune in warranty claims. |
|
| Author: | TDO [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Yes, don't know about TXs and the like, but I think that there was a move back towards chains rather than belts for standard motor cars a few years ago - does anyone know if this trend took hold? I'm sure that when the new shape Mondeo arrived about half a dozen years ago it had a chain? |
|
| Author: | rambo [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Alot of the jap motor's have chain's, that's why they are so reliable. The only reason manufacturers fitted belts was to save money, a belt costs about 50p to make and a chain about £2, but when your making thousands of cars it soon adds up. I feel sorry for the hac's, they don't have a choice what vehcile they can have, but I do. |
|
| Author: | TDO [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
I'm sure I read that one of the reasons for the move to belts originally was to make the engine quieter. |
|
| Author: | rambo [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
TDO, that's what the manufacturer's said, but it's all propeganda! 
|
|
| Author: | diesel [ Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
it's not the chain that's at fault it's usually the pre-tensioner(keeps the chain tight) now on mk3 version! |
|
| Author: | ALI T [ Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
rambo wrote: Alot of the jap motor's have chain's, that's why they are so reliable.
The only reason manufacturers fitted belts was to save money, a belt costs about 50p to make and a chain about £2, but when your making thousands of cars it soon adds up. I feel sorry for the hac's, they don't have a choice what vehcile they can have, but I do. i think you will find that most parts are designed to fail . thus giving it a service interval. and making money for the dealers thats all. they could make a car these days that is virtually indestructable. but they would make bugger all from servicing and parts. and it aint restricted to the car market
|
|
| Author: | ALI T [ Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
diesel wrote: it's not the chain that's at fault it's usually the pre-tensioner(keeps the chain tight) now on mk3 version!
that may well be the part thats failing.....but i think you will find that its more than likely a case of wrong engine for the job and/or been tampered with by lti to make it fit the tx. |
|
| Page 1 of 2 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|