£850+ for a cambelt!

[Soulless]

Hi all, im in the process of considering buying a 172,
now ive just taken a 182 for a test drive and apparently a cambelt replacement is £850+
is this true?
thats a shocking amount of money!!

 

[JackoR26]

No its not mate, mine cost me £400 which is quite high compared to some on here

 

[franx]

back here it's about 750....















































euros :clown:

 

[Iceberg172]

Thats renault stealer costs mate. i got mine done at rentech portsmouth (renaultsport specialist) for 600 odd incl major service.

 

[tedgeuk]

was quoted 500 at my local renault dealers,

 

[MillerLight]

reno said 750 for mine on the 172. got it done for 450 at a good indi

 

[Vern]

No its not mate, mine cost me £400 which is quite high compared to some on here

aye it is aint it mate


mine cost £220 cam & aux :rasp:

 

[Soulless]

weird as hell,
why would one local renault dealers say £850++
and then someone elses renault do it for £500!

Wow, this is the only thing putting me off getting one lol,
just test drove a 182 and it is a real nice car. Much nicer than my Saxo VTS,
however the cambelt costs £180 to change on that from a dealers

 

[theduck]

you'll probably find:

a)you were quoted for the FULL MAJOR service including cambelt change
or
b) the sales bloke didnt have a clue what he was talking about

in my experience, it would be B

 

[Fletcher]

£850

 

[brisa4984]

local jippo garage offered to do mine for 350 quid. But i didnt trust anyone other than a renault specialist. Renault garage would charge 1k so i went on a 300 mile round trip to rentech. They charge much less for a cambelt and they do give excellent service mate.

 

[mattjk]

I have to agree there horrible engines to work on. Go somewhere where they have worked on one before

 

[Soulless]

Where is Rentech?

 

[mattjk]

portsmouth

 

[Soulless]

Ah, well the £50 of fuel it'd cost for me to do a return journey beats paying Renault 1k.

 

[Darren S]

Ah, well the £50 of fuel it'd cost for me to do a return journey beats paying Renault 1k.

M8 - the trip to RenTech would definitely be worth it. Kent is a LOT closer to them than Lancashire is!!!

I went there for the 24k service on my 182. Mike and his guys clearly know the Reno range inside out.

D.

 

[ChrisR]

As said that's Renault prices.

Go to a specialist and expect to pay £500 for the belt change with full cam kit and major service.

 

[oneseventwo]

Mine was £800.00 at Rentech :dapprove: (including major service) Did include new front pads though. Much better than going to Renault though!

 

[shoulders]

had my waterpump, cam belt, aux belt, new type d coolant, all done for £100 labour plus the price of the parts

 

[Neil G]

I paid about 550 inc. service at Rentech

over £800 is silly, don't pay that

 

[Timmay]

No its not mate, mine cost me £400 which is quite high compared to some on here

aye it is aint it mate


mine cost £220 cam & aux :rasp:

^ lol mine aux and cam are costing 200 all in

 

[Richdog]

I'm not looking forward to getting my cambelt done... 2004 Clio with 33.5k miles on the clock. I may take it to Rentech if I can't find any cheaper...

 

[Matt_Clio172]

£350

 

[Rob_02cup]

Mine cost the price of the cam locking tools (which i let my mechanic m8 keep afterwards) and the cambelt + aux belts kit.

Cant remember off the top of my head but around £100 ish.