Cam belt change cost

steve8005

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have an idea about how much is it to change a Cam belt on a 07 ford focus, the cheapest I got so far is 280 from a local mechanic, and i'm not sure if that is the price for it, or can one get it done for cheaper ?
Any tips or advice is appreciated.
Thanks

EdGasket

Sounds about right. Make sure it includes the tensioner replacement too.

straighttalker

When going for a cambelt, cheapest isn't always the best. Perhaps the cheapest quote you will get is for a cambelt only. Then where will you be if one of the tensioners fail?

Best job would be get a quote for a cambelt, tensioners and water pump too as in most cases there is no extra labour involved in swapping out the water pump as it has to come out anyway.

arcon5

No you don't have to take the water pump off for a cambelt, but its more of a case you sometimes have to take a timing belt off to get to the water pump to people replace it with the timing belt as whilst its off it's only an extra half hour to do it aswell

straighttalker

Sorry, yes that's what I was trying to get at. Of course you could leave the water pump in situ.

rev_henry

Sounds ok if it includes full kit - tensioners, and water pump.

Try whocanfixmycar - kinda like gocompare of garages. In my experience only any good if you live in a big city though.

stator

Not a ford but paid £400 for cambelt + tensioners + water pump. Stupid car even has two cambelts to make the job harder.

rev_henry

stator wrote: »

Not a ford but paid £400 for cambelt + tensioners + water pump. Stupid car even has two cambelts to make the job harder.

Is it a rover KV6 by any chance? Actually it can't be, that's too cheap for that.

stator

No, it's a VW

fimacca

my audi a4 belt kit was 85 quid, then the labour and water pump too. 3 hour job. take it to a trustworthy source as if not done right - can mash the engine up ! some things are best paid for properly - but that does not mean 'main dealer stealers' !

Ebe_Scrooge

Sounds reasonable, if - as stated previously - it includes tensioners. Which need to be done. But get a new water pump as well. The part is not expensive, but the labour ( usually ) involves removing and replacing the cam belt if it goes at a later date, so it makes sense to get it renewed at the same time. With cam belts and the associated gubbins, the parts are fairly cheap, it's the labour that costs. I got stung like this many years ago - bought a used car, the cam-belt had been changed recently, thought I had a good deal. The water pump went soon after, it was £250 to change it, due to the labour - the part itself was peanuts.