struggling to find a cambelt worthy garage.....

[sinnie92]

hello,

i live on the isle of wight and as such, im limited to a renault main dealer and many indies....

does anybody know of a garage on the island capable of resealing the rocker cover and putting the belt back properly? or is it looking like a 40 quid ferry, a trip to rentech and shopping at gunwharf?


thanks

 

[Damo_Sport]

trip over to rentech would be my 100% only option

 

[sinnie92]

that settles it then. because renault main dealer can eat s*** and die for the price they quoted gets me off the island for the day aswell

 

[Revels]

I'm over here too!

I went to Rentech for mine. But a mate of mine had his done at Renault and has had no problems *touch wood*

 

[sinnie92]

Hi revels, what neck of the woods are you from? and i would go for harwoods but its so bloody expensive, their workmanship seems to be alright..

 

[Daniel]

I can't see many people willing to re-tension a cambelt. Good practice would be to renew the belt at an absolute minimum. Ideally a new kit with the tensioner etc.

 

[Owen92]

If the belt is already coming off then for a bit extra money I would get a new cam belt kit to save on labour. Obviously depends on how long the belt has been on for though.

 

[sinnie92]

considering getting the dephaser done at the time, considering the labour incurred is mostly covered by removal of belts. im on 58 k with nothing in history about new vvt pulley? preventative maintenence justified, or does it have lots of life left?

 

[Tiger260]

What year's the car?

It's 5 years or 72k IIRC

 

[sinnie92]

It's on an 05 plate, so pulley is probably past its prime haha