A Sad Day for the Valver

[Goops]

Hi Guys,

The time has come..  

I was doing about 70mph yesterday on the motorway, approaching a roundabout, slowed down and suddenly, no power and dash lights on.
Had a look in the engine bay, the starter wasnt kicking and no power to engine.. a long story short, got towed to a garage nearby, put her on the ramp and not good news.. A bolt on the crank pulley had snapped (how random!) and the cambelt went out of sync  
Put a new bolt in place and realigned all the belts etc and no turn, compression test failed, valves bent for sure..

After a 5 hour wait i managed to get the car towed home and it seems like an end of the road for the poor girl.  
Plan is to break it for bits on the drive or scrap it, unless someone is interested in a project .. will need headwork or one for the ABF fetish crew. Other than this, the car is sound and has been looked after very well, tonnes of receipts to prove this. If anyone is interested, please get in touch with me: Car is based in West london, near Heathrow.

Goops

[Sam]

WOAH Hold it right there pal! Your selling your pride and joy because of bent valves!? Get involved and fix her up!!

[VR6_Wherry]

*cough* VR6 *cough* 

[Goops]

With the current economic climate and redundancies at work, i really cant justify spending money on the engine work  matey 
VR6 and other engine options are again putting money into the car dude!

[Agreeable Slick]

Hold on to it for a while if you can chap, might get back to you.

[Goops]

Hey Slick,

Holding tight, let me know your thoughts..
Would be a shame to send this to VW heaven mate.

Schooling a TT 

[SoundillusioN]

Bad times 

However... do not break this car!

[sharki786]

FIX IT U NOOB!!!! its your pride and joy mate. its going to cost you £200-£400 for a rebuilt head but shouldnt be nower near £400 if your going to put it back together yourself. this is the time it calls for team for from the golf members! i know what you mean my car was sound when it went into the garage for a waterpump change and then next day the valves where bent! for a whole month i was without a car had to go over 7miles to work. thanks to some people who offered to pick me up half way there and drop me back off. this was early this year (cold & snow) misses was 6months or more into her pregnancy lucky my sister lent me her car, it was stressful. but i gave the car to a cousine of mine who is a well know mechanic who got the head off & sent away and rebuilt with new things in the head. a week later after he having it, the car was ready for new life! or you could just a buy a 2nd hand head and stick that on?

keep your head up mate!

[fecked_tt]

aye when i needed a KR head i got one for £40 including inlet manifolds just keep your eyes peeled

[Goops]

Sharki i hear you but its a hard decision I am having to make. I would rather this car to go to an enthusiast who can bring her back to her glory!
The car is on genuine g60 steel wheels, fk silverline damping adjust suspension, g60 topmounts and few other goodies.
I had the bonnet and the boot panels resprayed last year too