Cambelt intervals?

[Reg]

Hey guys i've phoned up about a 51 plate monaco blue 172 which i may be going to view this weekend.It has 55'000 on the clock so i guess its due pretty soon or am i wrong?The car is up for £4100 and they've been offered 3600 and turned it down,how much to do a cambelt on one of these?

 

[MrMark]

cambelt was due a while ago. 5 years max or 72k miles. which ever is first

 

[DrR]

I personally wouldn't touch a car that someone can't be bothered to change a cambelt that was due nearly 3 years ago.

 

[172Ben]

I personally wouldn't touch a car that someone can't be bothered to change a cambelt that was due nearly 3 years ago.

High five !

 

[Beef-Mc]

I personally wouldn't touch a car that someone can't be bothered to change a cambelt that was due nearly 3 years ago.

Agree with that.

 

[MillerLight]

like said


On a 1#2 the recommend times are 72K miles or 5 years old. Many would recommend 60K or 4 years on here though.

It’s a big job and a costly job

From an independent garage expect to pay around £450 -650 (172 cups a bit cheaper)

From a Renault dealership expect to pay £600- 1000.

Many chose to have the water pump replaced also as if the pump fails the whole belts job needs to be done again.

Rubber is funny stuff. Even if the belts look ok that doesn’t represent the state of the rubber. If a brand new elastic band is left in your garden over the summer buy the end of the season it will still look ok but if stretched it will break as the rubber would have become brittle due to the extremes of heat and moisture. The same principle can be applied to the rubber timing and Aux belts on the engine. All the rain and heat will have taken its toll on the rubber.

 

[Slammed172]

like said


On a 1#2 the recommend times are 72K miles or 5 years old. Many would recommend 60K or 4 years on here though.

It’s a big job and a costly job

From an independent garage expect to pay around £450 -650 (172 cups a bit cheaper)

From a Renault dealership expect to pay £600- 1000.

Many chose to have the water pump replaced also as if the pump fails the whole belts job needs to be done again.

Rubber is funny stuff. Even if the belts look ok that doesn’t represent the state of the rubber. If a brand new elastic band is left in your garden over the summer buy the end of the season it will still look ok but if stretched it will break as the rubber would have become brittle due to the extremes of heat and moisture. The same principle can be applied to the rubber timing and Aux belts on the engine. All the rain and heat will have taken its toll on the rubber.

great way of putting it