Need help, don’t wanna loose the car

**Stewie2000** · 20-12-2019,05:48 PM

Ok so I was driving normally, and then my car started loosing power so I changed to a lower gear and after a couple minutes my battery light come on, my steering got heavy and my car cut out, when I went to start the car for some reason my starter motor wouldn’t engage, after I got the car home I checked my cam belt and when I looked at it there was 4 or 5 teeth missing, I won’t wanna put money into buying a new starter motor and changing the cam belt/ water pump etc... so could anyone help me and give me some options on what to do, I really don’t wanna loose this car or spend too much money on the car, thanks

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**jonathanfenton** · 20-12-2019,05:57 PM

Fix it or scrap it???? Not sure what answers you’re hoping to gain from here?

**Stewie2000** · 20-12-2019,05:59 PM

Originally Posted by jonathanfenton

Fix it or scrap it???? Not sure what answers you’re hoping to gain from here?

I wanna know if the timing is out if not then if it’s worth fixing

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**jonathanfenton** · 20-12-2019,06:03 PM

That would require rotating engine and checking cam timing marks.

**Stewie2000** · 20-12-2019,06:04 PM

If the marks don’t line up it’s out of timing?

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**jonathanfenton** · 20-12-2019,06:04 PM

Correct and you’ll probably have some bent valves

**Stewie2000** · 20-12-2019,06:05 PM

Ok cheers, thank you for your help

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**Gazwould** · 20-12-2019,08:14 PM

When was the cambelt ( w/pump kit ) last done ?

**Alan G H** · 22-12-2019,12:59 PM

It might help if you told us what engine is in the car.
If it's a diesel, you could be looking at a mega bill, if a petrol you might be more lucky.
Bear in mind it is at least 15 years old (going by you posting in the MK 4 Golf pages), so it's probably not worth spending a fortune on it.

**Stewie2000** · 22-12-2019,01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Alan G H

It might help if you told us what engine is in the car.
If it's a diesel, you could be looking at a mega bill, if a petrol you might be more lucky.
Bear in mind it is at least 15 years old (going by you posting in the MK 4 Golf pages), so it's probably not worth spending a fortune on it.

It’s a 1.6 petrol

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