Cambelt Con/Rip off tactics (If you fancy a laugh)

[Beasley Clio182]

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Managers talk shite ! Common knowledge ! And most of them were ex mechanics , reason they became managers ???? Because they were shite at mechanics !

Ive worked on cars for 7 years now , in the trade everyday never heard such rubbish , any rubber deteriorates and will fail , it's no money making scheme , proved by how many put on here my belt has snapped !

 

[Carlv8415]

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Isn't Renault recommended oil change interval every 12k, hence why so many people's dephaser makes the car sound like a tractor

 

[Dan@SJM]

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This places IQ is dropping by the day.

We'll soon be naming it Speshialsport.net and the area meets will be at the local ELC shop to use their stock of crayons.

 

[The Boosh!]

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Yes. A Poorly maintained car will show this. A well maintained car won`t. My mate has been a regional manager for Renault for years he has seen it all.

What's he called? And what region does he cover?

 

[sbridgey]

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So what we are saying is Fred/ mick/ Dan/mike etc are all lying money grabbing scumbags?

 

[BoatNonce]

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A guy at Renault said you can run a petrol car on diesel if you want, and vice versa, the only reason they label them as petrol and diesel is to fool some people into thinking their car is sportier/more economical.

Also said the engine runs best with half a tank of sugar.

 

[Carlv8415]

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A guy at Renault said you can run a petrol car on diesel if you want, and vice versa, the only reason they label them as petrol and diesel is to fool some people into thinking their car is sportier/more economical.

Also said the engine runs best with half a tank of sugar.

That's true we put sugar in my mates fuel tank on his moped and it still ran, for about 3 days then it crystallised and was scrap

 

[martynzs]

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Seems legit.

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[Adamm.]

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What's he called? And what region does he cover?

f**king called Clint and covers the region of wonderland at a guess.

 

[Dan@SJM]

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He makes a mint in selling tartan paint and skirting board ladders to help pay for his repair on broken cambelt claims iirc

 

[DaveDreads]

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Car wax is another scam, i've heard brake fluid works just as well.

 

[chaz1234]

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So what we are saying is Fred/ mick/ Dan/mike etc are all lying money grabbing scumbags?

No Not at all But a Cambelt change Has a very high cost to it. And they are all good garages that do the job but It needs to be done if there is any doubt on the history of the car.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

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I take it Renault UK don't want to sell anymore Cambelt kits then?

​what a moron !!

 

[BoatNonce]

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That's true we put sugar in my mates fuel tank on his moped and it still ran, for about 3 days then it crystallised and was scrap

Yeah, you have to keep topping it up, doubles horsepower then.

 

[sbridgey]

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No Not at all But a Cambelt change Has a very high cost to it. And they are all good garages that do the job but It needs to be done if there is any doubt on the history of the car.

You are so full of s**t, do you know that?

 

[Dan@SJM]

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Yes. A Poorly maintained car will show this. A well maintained car won`t. My mate has been a regional manager for Renault for years he has seen it all.

But usually lots of bent valves I expect?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

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The manager of my local Renault dealer told me that my penis is 11 inches long and that I should always brush my teeth with cockerel feathers. He went on to add that you can cut a makeshift cambelt out of old Wellington boot!

 

[Mr R.]

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No Not at all But a Cambelt change Has a very high cost to it. And they are all good garages that do the job but It needs to be done if there is any doubt on the history of the car.

Yeah we all know how much it can cost, ta. That would not stop the Sport owners getting a belt replaced when it the car needs it.

 

[Carlv8415]

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Yeah, you have to keep topping it up, doubles horsepower then.

Oh right I thought we had done something wrong. I will remember that for next time. Screw VPower Nitro+, castor sugar is what you want.....

 

[chaz1234]

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You are so full of s**t, do you know that?

No.. Now that You have suggested that I am. I know I am Not.

 

[Adam G]

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Yeah, you have to keep topping it up, doubles horsepower then.

Does that halfspoon stuff give you a better power to weight ratio?

 

[BoatNonce]

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Oh, they also told me that I should always drive the car as hard as possible from cold, bouncing it off the limiter in order to get the engine up to temperature quickly.

Does that halfspoon stuff give you a better power to weight ratio?

Yeah, mix it in with a few eggs and iron filings then pour it in through the oil filler cap. A manager at Renault told me that one.

 

[Mr R.]

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The manager of my local Renault dealer told me that my penis is 11 inches long and that I should always brush my teeth with c**kerel feathers. He went on to add that you can cut a makeshift cambelt out of old Wellington boot!

​b*****d, he told me the same!!!

 

[Carlv8415]

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He went on to add that you can cut a makeshift cambelt out of old Wellington boot!

Should post that on Money saving expert so everyone can save a bit of money next cambelt change...

 

[Dan@SJM]

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[Sunglasses_Ron]

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​b*****d, he told me the same!!!

I probably would of believed him until he mentioned 11 inches

 

[chaz1234]

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Oh, they also told me that I should always drive the car as hard as possible from cold, bouncing it off the limiter in order to get the engine up to temperature quickly.

In reality that would not hurt a good modern engine. But I am sure you will believe the myth that it will. Like the cambelt age issue.

 

[Carlv8415]

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Oh, they also told me that I should always drive the car as hard as possible from cold, bouncing it off the limiter in order to get the engine up to temperature quickly.




Yeah, mix it in with a few eggs and iron filings then pour it in through the oil filler cap. A manager at Renault told me that one.

Seems legit

 

[Dan@SJM]

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No.. Now that You have suggested that I am. I know I am Not.

Not of your own doing, however, gullible? Yes.

 

[Adamm.]

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Did you know rust is a myth? Metal doesn't really corrode its just these body shops etc are all thirsty for the money in your wallet.

 

[Mr R.]

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I probably would of believed him until he mentioned 11 inches

Yeah me two mate, always thought mine was 12.

 

[Carlv8415]

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In reality that would not hurt a good modern engine. But I am sure you will believe the myth that it will. Like the cambelt age issue.

I think everyone is implying you should just stop talking as apparently the large number of specialists on here are all wrong. I bet some on here have changed more cambelt than you have had hot dinners. People do this s**t daily...

 

[Mr R.]

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I was just about to shower then go to bed, glad i didn't.

 

[Adam G]

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What flavour are the windows in your mate's dealers.

 

[BoatNonce]

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Did you know rust is a myth? Metal doesn't really corrode its just these body shops etc are all thirsty for the money in your wallet.

Lol, they go round painting it on at night IIRC.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

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If you get any bent valves, just put them in a vice and use a bending spring. Good as new, pointless buying new. Mmm this window is strawberry flavour.

My Renault manager gets Uri Geller in

 

[Dan@SJM]

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If you get any bent valves, just put them in a vice and use a bending spring. Good as new, pointless buying new. Mmm this window is strawberry flavour.

Flol, I have actually heard of a tech being made to use valves that had been straightened. Funnily enough a head dropped off on road test.

 

[Carlv8415]

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If you get any bent valves, just put them in a vice and use a bending spring. Good as new, pointless buying new. Mmm this window is strawberry flavour.

I thought bent valves had better aerodynamic :/ the Renault dealer lied to me ....

 

[Beasley Clio182]

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Did you know condoms are also a 'rip off' (giggady)

because you think she won't get pregnant , she doesn't , it's all in the mind .....

 

[chaz1234]

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Please keep On topic. Anyone never had a cambelt changed on a clio?