When you consider what the cost might be to recon a head and the consequence of possible other damage then this is looking like a better option or one you might want to think about..

they chuck the box in free.. [not really] but nice to have incase poop happens..

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True, it's definately something I want done, but it's the actual cost of it and it would make more sense to do it when the cambelt needs changing as it can be done all in one lol.

I'm glad it's rare but it's a bugger that yours gets given the burden of it!

Good stiff Dan and if its got compression on three then lets hope its got the same on the other two when it comes to rest time..valves ain't to bad its worse when you have cracked seats and damaged guides [head damage ] that when it gets expensive..but all in all and overhaul will do the car a world of good..keeping all my bits and bobs crossed for a happy solution..

Well, good news, if you can call it that..

We have compression on all 5 cylinders, so thats good. It would seem my own diagnosis was correct, the internals of the variator have self destructed meaning that turning motion on the pulley was not actually being transferred to the inlet camshaft itself. So looking at a new variator, labour, cambelt, full oil and filter change just in case. Kerching!

The bitch is that the variator on the 2.4 is different to that used on the Alfa t-sparks and the Fiat 1.8vis / - so its like twice the price. Cheapest I can find is shop for parts and you are looking at £180+VAT including 10% FF discount. Ouch!

So, really guys. If youve got a 1.8/2.4, and you think your variator might be on the blink, get it changed ASAP! I was very lucky, I could have been looking at 10bent valves, headwork, variator, and god knows what else!

Ill keep you posted.

Dan

Originally Posted by danhans115

Well, good news, if you can call it that..

We have compression on all 5 cylinders, so thats good. It would seem my own diagnosis was correct, the internals of the variator have self destructed meaning that turning motion on the pulley was not actually being transferred to the inlet camshaft itself. So looking at a new variator, labour, cambelt, full oil and filter change just in case. Kerching!

The bitch is that the variator on the 2.4 is different to that used on the Alfa t-sparks and the Fiat 1.8vis / 20v/5cyl - so its like twice the price. Cheapest I can find is shop for parts and you are looking at £180+VAT including 10% FF discount. Ouch!

So, really guys. If youve got a 1.8/2.4, and you think your variator might be on the blink, get it changed ASAP! I was very lucky, I could have been looking at 10bent valves, headwork, variator, and god knows what else!

Ill keep you posted.

Dan

Ah hell! I am skint at the moment so don't have the money to replace mine and it's definately on the brink!

good news for Dan, bad news for his wallet.
really good that you dont have to replace the engine, you were very lucky mate

Cheap and nasty internals of the variator leads to premature failure I know of a case were they were being rebuilt with bronze internals but that petered out and was abandoned through a bad supplier of the parts ..he always had an excuse as to why you could never get hold of him /not enough old ones to repair etc etc and most of the time didnt return PM's/emails ..also i wouldn't mind betting that its an oil flow problem thats caused it in the first place..glad to see its firing on all 5 tho dan bett that came with a bid sigh of relief when you were told that

If you get no luck with it try here for a new one..i think they used to sell them..

http://www.autoworld-uk.com/shop.aspx