Hello!
I'm hoping for some advice on the following situation.
In April 2012 I took my 306 1.9D DW8 (79,800 miles) to a diesel specialist to diagnose poor running. They subsequently removed and re-shimmed the camshaft which fixed the miss-fire. On getting the car home however I immediately noticed the following glaring problems.
• Fuel filter lid clip not fastened resulting in a substantial amount of air entering the fuel system.
• Plastic engine cover missing, only returned after many phone calls.
• Air intake hose clip was not secured.
• Fuel lines not replaced in their clips.
On alerting the garage, I was told the mechanic that worked on my car was new and that this wasn't the first time, but he would be spoken to.
In July 2012, on it's first long run since the work (now 81,000 miles), the car suffered complete engine failure (this was right in the middle of our honeymoon in cornwall!). On opening the bonnet it was obvious the timing belt covers were broken and distorted.
We hired a car for the rest of the holiday and the 306 was later recovered back to the diesel specialist.
They subsequently told me that the mechanic that worked on my car lasted a very short time before they terminated his employment due to poor workmanship.
Just before they had the car, it had had a new timing belt, idler, tensioner, water pump and aux belt so I was confident they are good. Upon the garage stripping the car, this was confirmed, the timing belt hadn't even been broken.
However the camshaft pulley is broken and the camshaft is broken in two places. Bearing cap 3 (pulley end) has a neat crack through the top (visible in the photo below), the other caps are intact but number 2 has a chunk out of the side. The centre piece of the broken camshaft can't be moved, the other two can.
The following photos should help explain.
![[Image: IMG_5867.jpg]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/celeronmanuk/306/IMG_5867.jpg)
Camshaft cover removed
![[Image: IMG_5868.jpg]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/celeronmanuk/306/IMG_5868.jpg)
Broken camshaft pulley
![[Image: IMG_5870.jpg]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/celeronmanuk/306/IMG_5870.jpg)
Clean break between caps 2 and 1. Both caps look intact, but cap 2 has a chunk missing on the left had side, also this side of the cap is scored.
![[Image: IMG_5871.jpg]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/celeronmanuk/306/IMG_5871.jpg)
Camshaft break on the driven side of cap 2.
The garage told me they could move all sections of the broken cam shaft, but I can't move the centre section under cap 2. It may be the raised valves under the cam lobes holding it tight onto the cap though?
Because they claim the cam shaft isn't seized, they've told me it's not their problem and they are guessing it might be a dropped valve but they don't want to take the head off without charging for it. I really felt I was being fobbed off and kept having to pull them up on things.
I paid them £700 to diagnose and re-shim the camshaft and now I have a potentially scrap car.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated?
I'm hoping for some advice on the following situation.
In April 2012 I took my 306 1.9D DW8 (79,800 miles) to a diesel specialist to diagnose poor running. They subsequently removed and re-shimmed the camshaft which fixed the miss-fire. On getting the car home however I immediately noticed the following glaring problems.
• Fuel filter lid clip not fastened resulting in a substantial amount of air entering the fuel system.
• Plastic engine cover missing, only returned after many phone calls.
• Air intake hose clip was not secured.
• Fuel lines not replaced in their clips.
On alerting the garage, I was told the mechanic that worked on my car was new and that this wasn't the first time, but he would be spoken to.
In July 2012, on it's first long run since the work (now 81,000 miles), the car suffered complete engine failure (this was right in the middle of our honeymoon in cornwall!). On opening the bonnet it was obvious the timing belt covers were broken and distorted.
We hired a car for the rest of the holiday and the 306 was later recovered back to the diesel specialist.
They subsequently told me that the mechanic that worked on my car lasted a very short time before they terminated his employment due to poor workmanship.
Just before they had the car, it had had a new timing belt, idler, tensioner, water pump and aux belt so I was confident they are good. Upon the garage stripping the car, this was confirmed, the timing belt hadn't even been broken.
However the camshaft pulley is broken and the camshaft is broken in two places. Bearing cap 3 (pulley end) has a neat crack through the top (visible in the photo below), the other caps are intact but number 2 has a chunk out of the side. The centre piece of the broken camshaft can't be moved, the other two can.
The following photos should help explain.
Camshaft cover removed
Broken camshaft pulley
Clean break between caps 2 and 1. Both caps look intact, but cap 2 has a chunk missing on the left had side, also this side of the cap is scored.
Camshaft break on the driven side of cap 2.
The garage told me they could move all sections of the broken cam shaft, but I can't move the centre section under cap 2. It may be the raised valves under the cam lobes holding it tight onto the cap though?
Because they claim the cam shaft isn't seized, they've told me it's not their problem and they are guessing it might be a dropped valve but they don't want to take the head off without charging for it. I really felt I was being fobbed off and kept having to pull them up on things.
I paid them £700 to diagnose and re-shim the camshaft and now I have a potentially scrap car.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated?