V6 belt change cost

[Waitey]

Just done a search but its come up with loads of 172s...

How much do people charge?

 

[pip.]

I'm sure I've seen £1k with service mentioned.
Could be wrong though.

 

[Waitey]

Not too bad then.

 

[Fletcher]

Yeah about 1k.

 

[Cro]

Fred will either know a price or be able to quote a price for him doing it i'd say

 

[Mike_182]

Ha. And the rest.

Full works on mine with Fred was a lot. Painful side of £2k.

1 Renault Cambelt Kit
1 Renault Aux Belt Kit
1 Renault Clutch
1 Renault Slave Cylinder
1 Renault Thermostat
1 Renault Water Pump
1 Seal
1 Seal
1 Piper X Clio V6 Panel Filter
6 NGK Plugs
1 Renault Oil Filter
3 Litres Fuchs Titan Gear Oil
6 Litres Fuchs Titan 5W40 Fully Syn Oil
15 Litres Renault Type D Coolant
2 Renault Rear Ball Joints
2 Litres ATE SuperBlue Brake Fluid
1 Litre PAS Fluid
2 Renault Exhaust Clamps
2 Bleed Screws
15 Hours Labour

That hurt. Trouble is, as the lump's out it's easier/cheaper to replace bits than hope they make the 10 year service...

 

[K-Tec Racing]

http://www.k-tecracing.com/services.asp

Hope this helps.

David.

 

[Mike_182]

http://www.k-tecracing.com/services.asp

Hope this helps.

David.

Trouble is, with the greatest of respect, that's the bare minimum. While you're in there, is the clutch going to see another 5 years? Nah. Plugs? Well, the thing's out now so may as well. Air filter etc is on the other service I'm assuming?

It's not as cheap an affair as people try to make out, but if you just want to change the belts then it's not 'that' bad...

 

[sideways danny]

Cambelt doesn't need the engine out Mike

 

[K-Tec Racing]

We do not need to remove the engine to change the belts, we have also changed alot of V6 clutches recently (again without having to remove the engine) so it may be the case that this does not need doing.

At least it is a starting point, it is always better to start off with a base cost and work it up to include anything else that might need doing rather than over quoting.

David.

 

[Mike_182]

At least it is a starting point, it is always better to start off with a base cost and work it up to include anything else that might need doing rather than over quoting.

Most definitely! And I'm not saying it's wrong to offer that starting point, but at the same time trying to be realistic for Ste in that it's not just about what the starting point is...

As for not needing to take it out, well - maybe you guys employ gynaecologists but I couldn't get Weeman's dick in there, let alone enough hands to change a belt!

 

[K-Tec Racing]

If you kow what you are doing changing the belts and clutch can easily be done with the engine in the car and this helps keep the labour costs down.

David.

 

[Mike_182]

Fair enough...

 

[stuart1989]

Ha. And the rest.

Full works on mine with Fred was a lot. Painful side of £2k.

1 Renault Cambelt Kit
1 Renault Aux Belt Kit
1 Renault Clutch
1 Renault Slave Cylinder
1 Renault Thermostat
1 Renault Water Pump
1 Seal
1 Seal
1 Piper X Clio V6 Panel Filter
6 NGK Plugs
1 Renault Oil Filter
3 Litres Fuchs Titan Gear Oil
6 Litres Fuchs Titan 5W40 Fully Syn Oil
15 Litres Renault Type D Coolant
2 Renault Rear Ball Joints
2 Litres ATE SuperBlue Brake Fluid
1 Litre PAS Fluid
2 Renault Exhaust Clamps
2 Bleed Screws
15 Hours Labour

That hurt. Trouble is, as the lump's out it's easier/cheaper to replace bits than hope they make the 10 year service...

Ouch.

 

[Alastair.]

gunna say, enine stays in place for cambelt change.

 

[Mike_182]

Aye, fair enough. However with the engine still in he probably wouldn't have spied half the little 'issues' he did and had fixed...

Swings and roundabouts, my friends.

 

[Fred@BTM]

meeeow indeed! Customer asks for everything to be changed i don't see the point in leaving it all in place to struggle with

 

[Mike_182]

Indeed. And I think 15 hours labour is very conservative, given that it was on the ramp for nearly a week (no rush to get it done - told him to take his time!) and every time I spoke to him he was in/under/on it...

 

[Fred@BTM]

or outside smoking

 

[Mike_182]

Yeah, that too! Gotta do our bit for global warming, it's funking freezing out!

 

[Mike_182]

Just like to add to this as well (yawn!)...

When does coolant need flushing?
When does brake fluid need flushing?
When does PAS fluid need flushing?
When does box oil need replacing?

Before 10 years? Sod it, economies of scale and all that - bite the bullet and get it all sorted in one slightly more economical go...

 

[K-Tec Racing]

meeeow indeed! Customer asks for everything to be changed i don't see the point in leaving it all in place to struggle with

Absolutely, no point in struggling when dropping the lot out would be so much easier.

David.