Disclaimer.
The following member seems to be suffering from a severe case of "Gullible-itis".
Please take the below with a pinch of salt and rest assured that Cliosport as whole, and it's traders do not support the below statements.
The correct timing for cambelt changes are mentioned across this site, so please use those, but feel free to use this for your general entertainment.
If you want any detailed information about what servicing is required on your car, feel free to contact any of our specialist traders, including BTM Performance, 519 Automotive, SJM, Diamond Motors and Birchdown.
Have recently been speaking to a manager from a Renault dealership And he has told me the truth about the cambelt change on a clio ph2. He has basically confirmed that a clio will not need a cambelt change until 75k regardless of age. He has said some of the best cambelts that have been seen are on low mileage cars that are 9 years old. Age has no impact on cambelt life. Cambelt life depends on the forces that are put through the belt when accelerating hard. the harder you accelerate at the peak torque of the engine the quicker the cambelt will show signs of fatigue. and is possible to fail. but he has never seen a correctly clio cam belt fail even when on 100k. So I would advise people to ignore this age issue people state on cambelt. we both think this is a money making tactic based on incorrect fears on cambelt failure. and unrealistic cost on cambelt damage repair.
The following member seems to be suffering from a severe case of "Gullible-itis".
Please take the below with a pinch of salt and rest assured that Cliosport as whole, and it's traders do not support the below statements.
The correct timing for cambelt changes are mentioned across this site, so please use those, but feel free to use this for your general entertainment.
If you want any detailed information about what servicing is required on your car, feel free to contact any of our specialist traders, including BTM Performance, 519 Automotive, SJM, Diamond Motors and Birchdown.
Have recently been speaking to a manager from a Renault dealership And he has told me the truth about the cambelt change on a clio ph2. He has basically confirmed that a clio will not need a cambelt change until 75k regardless of age. He has said some of the best cambelts that have been seen are on low mileage cars that are 9 years old. Age has no impact on cambelt life. Cambelt life depends on the forces that are put through the belt when accelerating hard. the harder you accelerate at the peak torque of the engine the quicker the cambelt will show signs of fatigue. and is possible to fail. but he has never seen a correctly clio cam belt fail even when on 100k. So I would advise people to ignore this age issue people state on cambelt. we both think this is a money making tactic based on incorrect fears on cambelt failure. and unrealistic cost on cambelt damage repair.
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