Sell my car with a timing belt or chain fault
When a timing belt snaps or a chain jumps a tooth, the engine often stops dead and the valves can be damaged. Repair bills can be large, so tell us what happened and we will give you a figure on the car as it is.
- Faulty cars welcome
- Free recovery
- Nothing deducted
- Paid the same day
Why sell your car with a timing belt or chain fault to us
Belts and chains
Snapped cambelts, wet belts that have broken up, stretched chains, rattling on start-up and failed tensioners.
Known problem engines
Including some VW 1.4 TSI, BMW N47 diesel, Ford 1.0 EcoBoost and PSA PureTech engines. Tell us yours.
Collected free
If it will not start, we bring a truck at no cost from anywhere in the UK.
Timing faults we buy with
Three steps to sell a car that has a fault
- 1
Describe the fault
Type in the reg and miles and describe the fault, or WhatsApp the garage quote and a dashboard photo.
- 2
Get a figure
We send a price that takes the fault into account, and you have a full week to think it over.
- 3
We recover it
Choose a day. The truck arrives, the money is transferred, and the car is loaded.
Sell my car with a timing belt or chain fault: FAQs
My cambelt snapped while driving. Is the engine finished?
On many engines the valves will be damaged, but not always. Either way we will make an offer on the car as it is.
My engine rattles on start-up. Should I keep driving it?
A rattle on cold start can be a stretching timing chain. Get it checked or stop driving it, and tell us what you know.
Does the service history help?
Yes. Records of when the belt or chain was last changed help us value the car fairly.