williams problems

[richyb]

i would like to know off what problems other people have had with their williams? so i know what i have to look forward to!i had to recently change my gear box! o the fun!next on the list is to sort out the noisey alternator belt and have a cambelt change! then i am hopefully spending around 4k in an attempt to reach 230bhp!

what problems you lot had?

 

[2 live]

id budget a little higher for the 230 bhp mate

lol

well quite a bit higher in fact

 

[TheJesus]

bout 6k prolly for TBs including labour... or is it more like 8k?

either way, mucho expensiveness. id wait for a bit tho, saw a post on something BenR (get confused with all the Bens, so appologies if its the wrong person!) is in the process of creating/testing which should be quite special.

 

[wonders]

Engine mounts needed replacing and exhaustmanifold cracked in my 4 months of williams ownership.

 

[Martin]

Seized brake calipers, knackered wheels bearings, clutch, sh*t handbrake, cracked brake disc, wheels not holding pressure and broken alarm. Apart from that its been plain sailing!

 

[TheJesus]

brake pads after 3000 miles, new tax disc holder... erm... thats it really. But it does need some paintwork attention, thats been done over summer when its a bit nicer. Oh, had a flat tyre as well, but air fixed that... handbrakes shat as well, but that i can live with.

petrol is the main expense...

 

[BenR]

Quote: Originally posted by TheJesus on 10 May 2004


bout 6k prolly for TBs including labour... or is it more like 8k?

either way, mucho expensiveness. id wait for a bit tho, saw a post on something BenR (get confused with all the Bens, so appologies if its the wrong person!) is in the process of creating/testing which should be quite special.

TBs wont cost 6K alone unless your using a mighty fancy ECU, and 230bhp isnt possibly really on 4K.

But thanks for te mention!

 

[richyb]

mate same thing happened to me with the wheels keep going flat its to do with the wheels corroding on the inside and air seeps out from the edges my mates works in a tyre place so got it sorted for free just need to take the tyres off and sand down the inside of the rims then seal it!

 

[Ben H]

Ive had to replace two wheel bearings and have the rear callipers serviced since I got mine. Ive also had the wheels refurbished.

Thats pretty much the best you could hope for on a 10 year old hot hatch though IMO! My old 16V had about £5,000 of work over the two years I owned it - mostly labour costs on otherwise inexpensive jobs.

 

[richyb]

what about rusty rear arches? had mine sanded down to bare metal and anti rust stuff put on then resprayed looked proper wicked top notch job but then the rust is starting to come back and i spent 50 buck on the stickers!

cost me 200 for spaying the arches

i want the job done proper now replace the old bits of metal for new shiny bits