V50 Engine 2.0D : Advice needed V50 D3 2011

[Gordo73]

Hi All,

I’m in a dilemma with my V50 and it’s future. Last October when travelling down A9 it lost all power and we needed recovered to garage.

The aux belt was damaged but on closer inspection the timing belt had jumped a few teeth. It seems a tensioner collapsed, stuck in a pulley seizing it up which resulted in the timing belt jump - some luck eh?

The garage said all we could do was change the belts and see what happens. That was done and car was running, rough but driving enough to get back from workshop to their other site. It was flagging air flow error so they were looking into that but felt the cam was knocked off or valves bent.

At that point I thought get it driving enough and trade it in but in January they said they couldn’t get it running enough to drive anywhere. More mucking about and they thought it was over fuelling and clogging DPF which it had. Tried drilling that out to free it but it’s running way to smoky and no power.

So with around £1k spent, what do I do next. I’ve owned car since new, done about 110k miles and it’s pretty mint for age, only real wear is drivers seat a bit scratched. Will a head sort it, is there a danger of damaged pistons/rings, I just don’t know if it’s time to give it up. The scrap offer was dire and I’d rather someone with the knowledge took it and rebuilt it, it’s honestly too nice to scrap.

I’d love to get it running again but dropping another £2k doesn’t seem like a good option. It’s a pimped out SE Lux so great spec for someone with a workshop and time.

Cheers for any advice