How much are new aux belts?

[carrmrc96]

How much do aux belts usually cost? I just bought one off ebay brand new £25, just wondering how much they usually go for. It also comes with the tensioner.

 

[Fred@BTM]

mk2 172 aux belt and tensioner for £25???

 

[carrmrc96]

yeh, I was the highest bidder. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=330118537456&rd=1&rd=1

 

[carrmrc96]

How much do they normally cost then from renault?

 

[Fred@BTM]

tripple that figure from memory

belts cheap and £10, tensioner costs a few quid!

 

[JR]

was told the complete kit was £91 from the stealers, included the idler, tensioner and the belt iirc.

 

[D1CKY]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....loc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget

Thats a link to another one on e-bay.

Sounds like you got a bargain mate

 

[carrmrc96]

Yeah I did get a bargain by the looks of it. Only thing now thats going 2 b expensive is paying a garage to fit it for me. lol

 

[JR]

its a 2.5 hour job i have been told by renault

 

[skini]

was told the complete kit was £91 from the stealers, included the idler, tensioner and the belt iirc.

What is that idler? Don't you just have to change aux belt and tensioner?
What is idler exactly?