Cambelt Change - What else to do?

[talkingfish]

Hi, having the cambelt, aux belt, tensioners and depahser done on my 182 this weekend.

Is there anything else you would recommend whilst the car is stripped down?

Spark plugs & HT leads have been suggested.......

 

[Chi]

Who is doing it?

 

[mikeh]

It's a great time to chuck a set of cams in for very little extra labour.

Probably still looking at an extra £700-900 depending on cams and who maps it.

 

[talkingfish]

Dan - based in Sutton-in-Ashfield - trust him with all my Clio work!

 

[Chi]

Good shout definitely cam time

 

[Jay.S]

Not very often they go but id get the waterpump changed aswell.

I had one fail on my Cup.

 

[npt]

another thing overlooked is the thermostat, i had one fail on a renault many years ago and melted the engine

 

[Andyman]

Wouldn't bother with the water pump personally. Its only on the auxiliary set up anyway. Read new ones have failed in the past so replacing is no guarantee anyway. You could go on forever replacing stuff, new rockers, new valves, new cams, new head gasket, new piston rings, new oil pump blah blah blah etc etc....

Upgrade the cams is a good shout although not cheap by the time mappings been included.

 

[talkingfish]

All done except cams and waterpump as this is, as suggested just on the aux belt run.... car has had new plugs and ht leads too and is running very well now as a result of all the work -time to enjoy!

P.S. will think about cams at a later date!

Thanks for the comments guys! Cheers.