dephaser job

[matt.lund]

been talkin to a renault specalist and he reckons he can do the water pump and dephaser without removing the belts.

i only ask this as i got belts done but not dephaser pulley and water pump as as was a silly little noob

really want one of the tech ppl to answer this lol

 

[Revels]

I'm going to say he's wrong..

 

[Budgie]

PMSL.

Impossible to do either without removing the belts.

He probably means that he'll re-use the belts, which is a no-no.

 

[Blighty]

Is there a question in that post?

 

[Damo_Sport]

Never put back on a used belt, always replace with new

 

[Gray]

NO.

 

[matt.lund]

lol it was the specialist in newcastle who said that lol

he said he had a technique to doing it without removing belts

 

[Budgie]

Please call him and ask for a step-by-step guide.

Make notes.

It's like me saying I could take my socks off without removing my shoes.

 

[matt.lund]

give it a miss then and price up some new belts

 

[Damo_Sport]

Like mr bean putting on his swimming pants without actually taking of his trousers.....

oh no wait..

 

[Austin-182]

Well thats also what he said to me last week when e did my belts and noticed when he removed the waterpump it had the numbers scratched off so it must off allready been replaced, i asked him if the belt had been replaced previously and he said no...i asked himnif it is possible to remove the waterpump without taking the belt off and he said it is but its hard and ther isnt much space but is possible
I had both belts and dephaser and water pump replaced last week

 

[matt.lund]

yea mate he told me about yours. if he does remove the belts will i be fine just putting new belts back on the cam and aux or will i need the full kit again?

 

[Christopher]

Impossible.

He means he'll re-use the old belts. Cowboy.

 

[Austin-182]

What did he say about mine mate?
Im really not sure, all i can say is he is very genuine and knows what hes doing...like i said he told me my water pump had allready been replaced and i asked if that meant the belts had also been replaced,and he said he didnt think they had and that they belt doesnt need to be removed when doing the water pump

 

[matt.lund]

he said he done one which had the timing out from the factory fitted belts of 6 degrees, and i read your review so i new he ment your car.


right ok he cant do it then, but will i need a new cam belt kit and aux belt kit or just the new belts?

 

[Austin-182]

Mmm seems strange then if hes saying he can do something that everyone on here says he shouldnt be doing, i would give him a ring and say what uve been told and see what he says mate, would be interesting to see what he says...
He knows im a member on here and mentioned a lotnof things off the forum to him

 

[Budgie]

It's not that he shouldn't change the dephaser without removing the belts- it's a physical impossibility.

 

[Jonny1*2]

depending on how long the kits were changed, just replacing the belts should be fine.

 

[Austin-182]

Mmm i didnt discuss that with him so cant coment on that, it was just the water pump he spoke to me about

 

[Soot1e]

You can renew the water pump without removing the cambelt but the Aux belt has to come off. The cam belt has to come off when you renew the dephaser though.