10 year old 172 cambelt!!!

[Drew.]

so my new car had no detail of a cambelt/aux belt, but otherwise decent history. however today i put it in for belts, with the assumption they must have been done....:nono:fail. cracked tesioners, rusty bearings, cambelt rubbing said the mechanic. close shave there.

 

[Poopensharten]

How do you know they hadnt been done?

New and old ones are hard to tell apart

 

[Drew.]

true, mechanics said going by the state of the pulleys and tensioners he reckoned on original. had my pants pulled down on the price though, wrong side of 600.

 

[Poopensharten]

Tbh mate that sounds a better price than renault main dealers, they would have cost you in excess of £750-£900

Still atleast its done!

 

[CuppyDean]

true, mechanics said going by the state of the pulleys and tensioners he reckoned on original. had my pants pulled down on the price though, wrong side of 600.

Thats quite expensice, renault specialists on here i think charge around the £400 mark and thats cars with aircon

 

[Drew.]

i rang renault today, retail £811, but would do it for £730.

 

[hollandcup]

That's not a bad price really! Especially if you had both belts , tensioners and pulleys done!?

Who did your belts pal??

 

[Drew.]

i was going on what others had said on here tbh, clinton garage in midlands, they helped me out with the mot so i shouldn't complain and they know whats what, i think its just the fact of parting with a months wages, never easy lol.

 

[Needster]

i rang renault today, retail £811, but would do it for £730.

Push them. I got them down to 600. Mind you, I wouldn't trust a Renault dealership to do that job.

@the OP: Peace of mind now you've had it done, chap.

 

[ABOO]

Who did them as above, and no specialists near you?

Do you know if mechanic had locking tools for belt????

 

[Drew.]

yeah he'd done others before hand, so had all the tools.

can finally have some fun now, been worried about belts so been driving like a grandad since i've had it.

 

[DrR]

West mids is full off people in the know!

 

[hollandcup]

Atleast it's a weight of your mind, as said I would only ever go to a specialist to get any work done on my car especially were belts are concerned, so many stories of garages f**king up the timing due to not having the specific cam locking tool! You would have known by now if the timing was out anyway supposed to be very obvious loss of power!

fred isn't far from you is he not, I'd of took it to him personally!

 

[barker22]

is fred not in the midlands area?

 

[Drew.]

i hear good things about this fred, will have to investigate

 

[DrR]

Birchdown are top to!

 

[Ralphizzle]

10 yo cambelt? Phew...

Must run much better now.

 

[Drew.]

yeah, i dont know whether i'm imagining things but it does, quieter!? mind u i put new front shocks on as they were shot for mot so that helped quiet things down. she's nearly done now, next oil and filter, clean and go.

 

[sideways danny]

jesus, that was running the gauntlet a bit!

I would have been about £470 for reference

 

[Fred@BTM]

£425 from me inc VAT (£100 inc VAT on top for a service, normally £141 inc VAT on its own)

 

[TimR26]

true, mechanics said going by the state of the pulleys and tensioners he reckoned on original. had my pants pulled down on the price though, wrong side of 600.

Thats's not a bad price if it included a service and not just the belts.

 

[Drew.]

bugger, i know where to go next time!! plus your only 12 miles away fred. live and learn.

 

[Drew.]

no service

 

[Alastair.]

Tbh mate that sounds a better price than renault main dealers, they would have cost you in excess of £750-£900

Still atleast its done!

most dealers do them now £500-£600

 

[twingors]

£425 from me inc VAT (£100 inc VAT on top for a service, normally £141 inc VAT on its own)

Maybe take a run down when the twingo hits this 36k mark lol

im from scotland though so long trip ha:dapprove: