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After yet another call out to the AA, the cam belt has snapped, causing damage to the engine. Is this fixable, and at what cost??

16 or 8 valve?

if its 8valve your in luck as it does no damage if it snaps just a case of setting timing and put new belt on and away you go.

Would that be the same in the case of an 8 valve Ford Fiesta mark V? Cheers!

It is a 1.6 engine, if that helps

It's going to be costly,, bent valves maybe damaged pistons
It's a cylinder head off job then a trip to an engine reconditioner to change any bent valves and pressure test, new gaskets and water pump amd timing belt.
Plus 8 hours labour @ £40 if your lucky
I wold say £800 plus vat
All for the cost of a rubber belt and 2 hours to fit its called preventative maintainance amd changed around every 60,000 miles

Pm me the full reg and i will tell you if its 16v or 8v

Yours is a 16valve, that is not what you wanted to here.

I bought one a while back with the same problem, bought a whole new engine for £100 and got a friend to fit it, I found it was alot cheaper to just replace the engine, if you know someone that will do it for you for cheap then i think that's the best option

hi poor pebbles what year an reg an engine size is it mite have spare one here for u

It is an 03 reg and a 1.6 engine size. Anyway, it is making its way to the car heaven today. Too much to repair!