Should a crankshaft pulley shatter???!!!

[Fat Audi 80]

A collegue at work has just taken his 2.5 v6 Vauxhall vectra into the local Vauxhall garage when it broke down. He has been told that the crankshaft pulley has shattered and that the first thing the techies want to do is strip the two heads off at a cost of £300 and see if there is any damage up top.

Bearing in mind this car has done 65,000 miles and has a FSH from Vauxhall, shouldn't vauxhall be doing a bit more than this???

Personally I think this is a major quality issue and that Vauxhall should be footing all if not part of the bill.

Has anyone any experience of Vauxhall and or this type of failure? Are there any recalls on crankshaft pulleys?

Cheers,

Steve.

[deltaf]

No Vauxhall but Peugeot related.
Same kind of fault whereby the lower damper breaks up and causes mucho damage if unlucky. Affects most of the 306 diesel range.

[jvaughan]

my crankshaft snapped in my Wedge ... total cost of replacement plus some small mods £3000

[boosted ls1]

The post is about the pulley, right? Maybe it's got a rubber bonded inner to outer ring. For damping purposes. If so that could have perished prematurely which would make it a warranty issue perhaps. I'd talk to the AA if you're a member or your friend is and I'd certainly want a look at the damaged pulley. I wouldn't strip the top end at my expense.

[HarryW]

I've heard of the plastic Camshaft belt pulley guides shattering on the V6 before , hence always change them when doing the cam belt. But I've not heard of the crank pulley going, must look into this.
Alternators last about 120K btw and are £250 parts alone .
Other than that I've assumed the lump to be pretty bomb proof.

Harry

[HarryW]

jvaughan said:

my crankshaft snapped in my Wedge ... total cost of replacement plus some small mods £3000

Jason you got it back yet, when you do post a thread re spec work done etc, always interested to know all things mechanical myself .

Harry

[Fat Audi 80]

The guy in question has been pestering Vauxhall customer services all week. he has just been told that they are going to foot 100% of the bill!!!

A brilliant result. If you don't ask you don't get.

Thanks for all the input guys.

Steve.

[HarryW]

Did they admit a crank pulley failure is a known problem then . Can't imagine them footing the bill for a failure of this type .
If however it was a cam belt guide pulley (plastic shite), then yes I can understand it as they should change these with the belt.


Harry

[Fat Audi 80]

Not sure if they have admitted it is a KNOWN failure. Might be more of a goodwill gesture as the car had only covered 65,000 miles and had an FSH?

I will let you now when the guy gets it back from the garage....

Cheers,

Steve.