Cambet - Advise please

[Ex-User (27949)]

Hi , a quick question , i have a PH1 172 , 65000 miles , cambelt changed in Apr/May 08 by Renault as it was most conveinient at the time , cost approx £800.

I am now 5 years nearly down the line , am i due another cambelt change ?.

Not had many issues with the car but due to age im reluctant to spend so much again on cambelt although i know specialist can do it for few hundred quid less .

What do you reckon, as ive only done 20k miles since last one am i ok for a bit or do i need to make a descicion re keeping the car or spending what it costs?

Also what are the Birmingham area specialists for clio sports now ?

Cheers

 

[JamesBryan]

Take it to Fred@BTM, he's on here.

Put it this way, if you are reluctant in getting it done, can you afford a new engine if it does fail any time soon?

 

[MicKPM]

In or around Birmingham Fred is the person to see.

 

[Andyman]

I would get the belts done and keep it. 65k its barely run in plus needing its belts doing is a bad selling time.

 

[Chip-mk1]

5 years is time for a change, and they DO quite commonly fail, its not just fuss about nothing.

That said, depends what you paid for and how attached you are if its a 600 quid car in the first place, just drive it.

 

[MartinR]

Drop into lee brookes (ex bttc champion)at TCR in wednesbury. Very cheap and top notch work. Now and have been racing in the clio cup for more than ten years

 

[Dan@SJM]

Another vote for Fred. The only person in and around birmingham IMO

 

[Fred@BTM]

^there are about 7million other people in the area, i am just a man with a beard

 

[Dan@SJM]

And a volvo. And a Zoltan. Therefore, full of win.