New Cam Belt Price?

cyclonebri1

Aggreed my local garage, none specialist but they do loads of them, quoted £250 for the lot inc pulleys etc. That was for a 2004 onwards megane diesel.

Rule of thumb appears to be a 50% saving by using your head, and please don't assume the main dealer is the only one that has the tools or is going to do the best job. In most cases the work is done by a spotty nerd and only checked by a mechanic, if your'e lucky:D

joe2cool

Ok .................

joe2cool

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Aggreed my local garage, none specialist but they do loads of them, quoted £250 for the lot inc pulleys etc. That was for a 2004 onwards megane diesel.

Rule of thumb appears to be a 50% saving by using your head, and please don't assume the main dealer is the only one that has the tools or is going to do the best job. In most cases the work is done by a spotty nerd and only checked by a mechanic, if your'e lucky:D

Hi you seem to be right just got a quote for £267.31 for a 'Clio' 05

getmore4less

JUst check our bill for last years chjane on a 52 clio 1.5cdi

£140 Labour 2.5 hours(£56ph)
£37.85 belt
£25.47 tensioner
£30.5 vat
£233.82 total.

joe2cool

So was that the first time the belt had been changed?

BaDaR_2

I got a quote for my Audi A3 2002 for £120(all parts, water pump and labour cost ) by local garage my family using from 8+ years. Audi dealer gave quote of around £500 and kwikfit around £400.

getmore4less

joe2cool wrote: »

So was that the first time the belt had been changed?

Yep 7y and 60k

Just done the 306 12y and 107k the belt that came of was a little perished in places.

cyclonebri1

joe2cool wrote: »

Hi you seem to be right just got a quote for £267.31 for a 'Clio' 05

I ussually am, :o:o, ;)


Did my daughters audi TT turbo jobby about a year ago, £180 for the kit and belts from Audi main dealer and about 5 hrs for me to fit, :T

angela110660

have been quoted just over £600 for the cambelt change on my Clio Campus 1.2 (2006). It has done 57K miles but the dealer workshop said that it is normally changed at 75K miles so why is he pushing to do it - could it be car age? Also people are mentioning having a kit done at the same time - please explain what this would be and would the £600 probably include this do you think? When we rang the garage the guy was a bit pushy so got fed up talking to him and didn't ask all the questions.
Thank you.

jase1

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Aggreed my local garage, none specialist but they do loads of them, quoted £250 for the lot inc pulleys etc. That was for a 2004 onwards megane diesel.

Rule of thumb appears to be a 50% saving by using your head, and please don't assume the main dealer is the only one that has the tools or is going to do the best job. In most cases the work is done by a spotty nerd and only checked by a mechanic, if your'e lucky:D

Indeed -- £200-250 seems to be the going rate regardless of make/model.

And let's face it, this is a Clio we're talking about, not some complex exotic model. Any reputable backstreet garage is going to have seen dozens of these cars.

£450 is daylight robbery, although it's not completely surprising as it's what Mitsubishi asked for when I demanded that the water pump and tensioner were done at the same time.