Hi guys.
So here's the story, the timing belt of my car recently cut while I was driving and that cost me some buk, my mechanic said all the valves were broken and I had to change the top of the engine. Which he charged me 40k.
Two days later the engine knock, engine oil was alright, everything one could think of fine. He gave me this cock n bull story about the radiator leak, if that was the case surely I would have seen it on the temperature guage.

Anyways now I have to buy a new engine and he says it cost 100k. Please nairalanders is this the cost and how do I know a good engine. Thanks.

Na wa. Nobody can say anything?

My advice to you is to do proper research if you are in Lagos and find a good mechanic that will work on the car. Normally the car is electronic and requires scanning in fixing any problems as it usually appears on the dash board if there is a fault.

There are experts at Ladipo that will install the engine same day if you need to change but you need to be extremely careful with your car as wrong hands can drain your pocket

Once you get an expert on Peugeot cars -find a way to tow it away early in the morning and never allow that mechanic touch your car again except if you are ready to keep spending money on him because its obvious he killed your engine.

NB:Never force your car to start once it turns-off in motion, if the timing belt is bad -A force start will bend the valve.

There was no notification on the dash board, usually if something is wrong I will get a notification there. So I was just shocked at how two days after fixing my engine the car will knock.
The car has been very well, it only started having issues when I took it to him to fix it for me.
Thanks for the advice I think that is what I will do. I am just really pissed at what happend.

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