My cam belt broke at 56000 miles on my 5 1/2 year old car (servicng schedule advises changing at 150000 miles or 10 years) damaging the valve gear. The garage spoke to citroen about a goodwill contribution to the repair costs. Citroen agreed to contribute a percentage of the cost of the spares if the garage was prepared to match it. The garage said that there were 2 roads to go, 1 was to go through the top and repair what they could see damaged, this had worked on 2 litre engines but they'd never had a 1.6 litre go. the 2nd was to strip down further to make sure they'd done properly the 1st way would cost around £1500 the 2nd they estimated the repair would cost upto £3000 of which my share would be up to a "worst case scenario" of £1470.14 + vat. I spoke to Citroen but they said that the warranty was obviously well out of date so they could only discuss goodwill with the dealer. I choose the 2nd option yesterday (10 days later) they rang to say that they had carried out the repair and when they tried to start the engine it couldn't be timed because they think the cam shaft sprockets were pushed out of line and it appears that the flywheel has been ripped away. This would probobly double the cost of the repair, what did I want to do. I said that this was pushing the repair costs beyond the value of the car and it still wouldn't garuantee the repair to work. I asked where I stood cost wise if I called a halt now. They said they would consult the gen.man and suggested I spoke to Citroen again which I did. Citroen said they could only discuss it with the dealer. Today the dealer has lent me a courtessy car til they sort things out. They have just rung me to say if I decide to not proceded any further with the repair they will not charge any parts and labour and will give me £200 for the car. I'd value your opinion on this sorry tale.