clio timing belt

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

both purposes served then, im right and i annoyed you!:p

You need a good spanking !!

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

You need a good spanking !!

oh no,not again, last nights was enough.

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

oh no,not again, last nights was enough.

Thought you enjoyed it ..

edde

Sssssss wrote: »

I have a Clio 1.4 16v and it's time to change the timing belt, I have 3 quotes ranging from £600 to £870. A hell of a lot of money for changing effectly a part worth £20ish. Ok I've come to accept that Renault insist that as well as the belt all the pulleys should be changed and also the water pump. However recently garages are saying they must also change the alternator belt and pulleys which is what's adding another £200 to the bill. A bill of £400 I can live with, can anyone advice if the alternator belt and pulleys also need changing or are the garages just trying it on?

Its not just the belt its all the tensioners and there a bit of a pain to do, thats not cheap price but does depend when you are in the uk

change the alternator belts for definite and ideally the tensioner depends if it needs it but unless its 100% change it they break a lot and that means damaged valves etc as they take out the cam belt at the same time

edde

jeannieblue wrote: »

As to why they want change alternator belt and tensioner at same time is beyond me............ unless they really need doing. Even so, that is a stupid price!!

I know that the Clio Sport is an absolute nightmare to change cam belt - but as yours isn't that model, I think that they are overcharging you.

You have to change the belt when you change the cam belts its practice and recommended it should never be reused

as for the tensioner well they do fail and for the cost its worth changing them unless there in good condition as it has to last another 72k/ 5 years

As for the sports cambelt being a pain the 1.4 an 1.6 16V aren't that much easier same design engine

edde

goldspanners wrote: »

good advise here i say, you should get the belt changed for under £250 including water pump. they could also advise the alternator belt needs doing while the cam belt is being done, a bit presumptous quoting it without seeing it i say.

You haver to change the belt as part of the cam belt most places forget but you have to as due to design of the cam belt cover a broken aux belt will damage the cam belt 99% of the time so new valves etc

Sssssss

edde wrote: »

Its not just the belt its all the tensioners and there a bit of a pain to do, thats not cheap price but does depend when you are in the uk

change the alternator belts for definite and ideally the tensioner depends if it needs it but unless its 100% change it they break a lot and that means damaged valves etc as they take out the cam belt at the same time

I now have 5 quotes and with the advice on here it looks like I need to get everything done, cost £800. I also need sone other work doing so am looking at a bill of around £1000 plus MOT is due in 5 months.

As I was leaving one garage I saw they had a lovely BMW 3 compact, price wise it was expensive but I thought what the hell and asked the saleman for a price to change against my clio. He wants £2500, at first I thought he'd made a mistake as it seemed too cheap.

I'm very very tempted, anyone have any views :

I'll be changing a 7 year old clio that needs £1000 spending on it, 52,000 miles against a BMW Compact 3 pack with all the goodies including leather but it's 8 years old and has 93,000 miles but will come with 6 months warranty and full MOT.

Took the BMW for a test drive and loved it :cool:

goldspanners

Sssssss wrote: »

I now have 5 quotes and with the advice on here it looks like I need to get everything done, cost £800. I also need sone other work doing so am looking at a bill of around £1000 plus MOT is due in 5 months.

As I was leaving one garage I saw they had a lovely BMW 3 compact, price wise it was expensive but I thought what the hell and asked the saleman for a price to change against my clio. He wants £2500, at first I thought he'd made a mistake as it seemed too cheap.

I'm very very tempted, anyone have any views :

I'll be changing a 7 year old clio that needs £1000 spending on it, 52,000 miles against a BMW Compact 3 pack with all the goodies including leather but it's 8 years old and has 93,000 miles but will come with 6 months warranty and full MOT.

Took the BMW for a test drive and loved it :cool:

at that price i would guess you will be spending money on the bmw soon aswell.

i still think the prices you are getting are too high.

Premier_2

Sssssss wrote: »

I now have 5 quotes and with the advice on here it looks like I need to get everything done, cost £800....

What exactly are you having done that's going to cost £800? :eek:

I think it's probably wise to get a 6th quote before making any decisions.

Sssssss

Premier wrote: »

What exactly are you having done that's going to cost £800? :eek:

I think it's probably wise to get a 6th quote before making any decisions.

- cambelt kit inc all tensioners
- alternator belt kit inc all tensioners
- water pump
- labour

supply and fit by main dealer, found small garages not to be much cheaper