i have just had the cam belt,aux belt & tensioner spring done on my ph1 172 and now my clio sounds like a diesel !!!! i have only driven the car 400 yards from the garage that done it and parked it at work as i wanted to ask hear advice b4 i go shouting the odds thing is when i droped the car off to them the engen sounded sweet
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i think somethings wrong help pls
- Thread starter jason7821
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i have just had the cam belt,aux belt & tensioner spring done on my ph1 172 and now my clio sounds like a diesel !!!! i have only driven the car 400 yards from the garage that done it and parked it at work as i wanted to ask hear advice b4 i go shouting the odds thing is when i droped the car off to them the engen sounded sweet
ITB'd MK1
they've buggered something up. Timing is probably well out
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Who did the work then?
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
So you took a Renault, which requires specialist locking tools to have the cambelt done, to an Audi garage? No one else here not suprised its not right?
iimushroomzii
Toilet roll king
Transit Connect.
Take it back and make them sort it! Take a "guide" with you to show them how to do it, im sure there's one on here somewhere.
rcz 200gt
Would have thought an audi specialist can do the belts on a clio easy enuff audis do have them aswell
rcz 200gt
Deffo take straight back to them dont let anybody touch it or they can argue their not ar fault sounds like timing issues
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
But IIRC the locking tools are Renault specific? So Audi wouldn't just have them lying around I doubt.
Hope you get it sorted mate.
rcz 200gt
You dont have to go to renault for your belts doing any competant mechanic can do them and they will have tools required
rcz 200gt
Where in the post does it say doable without tools required i am pointing out that it isnt only renault garages that have them jeesus it aint brain surgery
rcz 200gt
Hope u get it sorted ok mate let us know the outcome
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
What he's trying to say, is that without going out and buy SPECIFIC Renault tools, it is not possible to do the job properly.
So any average garage would have to go out and buy specific tools, as they more than likely don't already have them, and 99% of garages won't want to do that, so just bodge it, and hope that its right.
I'm sure Audi wouldn't fancy spending like £80 on some tools for a job they may never do again, and is only earning them £400 minus parts....
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
I thought as much....
rcz 200gt
99% of garages dont bodge your car and £80 not exactly a fortune for an audi spesh speshly on a 400 quid return remember theres tons of clios on the road and everybody aint goin to renault
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
I didn't want to clog up this thread, but I can't resist but disagree...
Parts for a full cam and aux belt KIT are going to be some where in the reigon of £150-175, the job, taking roughly say 4-5 hours, leaves only 225ish profit, so taking away the £80 leaves £145 meaning the garage is only earning £145 for having someone work on the car for x amount of time.
I'm also pretty sure 99% of Audi garages don't have Renault Sport's driven in there every day, most people will take it to Renault, a specialist, or an independant over another random manufacturer.
iimushroomzii
Toilet roll king
Transit Connect.
I expect he paid a fair bit more than £400 though.
got it all sorted guys thanx for your advice just to let you know that thay have the cam locking tools as thay have done other clio's as im new to the clio's i was in a panic about the sound of the cams when i got the car back.
as i thought when i got the ph1 172 the guy i got if off told me a load of s**t that he had done all servising him self ie:cam belt,oil,filter ect .... so to day was my day off work so i whent in and was gearing my self you for a shouting match with the guys that had done the work. so i start her up and she was puring like a kitten like must have dremped it all up !!! but after 6-8 mins of tick over she started taping her tits off !!. so i checked the oil and low and behold it was blacker than the ace of spades and like water !! uuummmmm thats not good i thought so i nipped down the road in the bosses shed of a golf got me a new filter and 10/40 semi oil for the grand total of £25 (trade discounts) so i droped the oil out had a fight getting the old filter off replaced with nice new stuff.
WOW what a differents now !!!! she now sounds lovely
as i thought when i got the ph1 172 the guy i got if off told me a load of s**t
that he had done all servising him self ie:cam belt,oil,filter ect .... so to day was my day off work so i whent in and was gearing my self you for a shouting match with the guys that had done the work. so i start her up and she was puring like a kitten like must have dremped it all up !!! but after 6-8 mins of tick over she started taping her tits off !!. so i checked the oil and low and behold it was blacker than the ace of spades and like water !! uuummmmm thats not good i thought so i nipped down the road in the bosses shed of a golf got me a new filter and 10/40 semi oil for the grand total of £25 (trade discounts) so i droped the oil out had a fight getting the old filter off replaced with nice new stuff.WOW what a differents now !!!! she now sounds lovely
i got the cam kit and aux belt + spring for £179 from engine-dynamics.com
(was known as bbtuning i think from my r5gtt days)
and did a cash deal with the garage for trade rates £200
yep thats me im still doing some finishing touches to her and just waiting in the v5 to tax and im rolling
ITB'd MK1
erm, more like £150 for the correct tools from renault, and non genuine aren't worth thier weight in scrap.
Jason, glad it's sounding better with an oil change, any more problems just get Adey to give me a shout
erm, more like £150 for the correct tools from renault, and non genuine aren't worth thier weight in scrap.
Jason, glad it's sounding better with an oil change, any more problems just get Adey to give me a shout
ok m8ty will do
ty
rcz 200gt
Glad it sorted mate thought there would nothing wrong with going to an audi spesh to get it done no surprise they had correct tools for job
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