Mechanic broke water cooling pipe and housing changing clutch

Barkin

Jumblebumble said:

cymruchris said:

textbook said:

Ganga said:

If it has a timing belt i would check if it has been changed if not when it is due as this is very important ,seroius damage can happen if it goes. 

It's done 123,000 miles.  2013.  Peugeot expert2 litre.  I guess has a cam belt.   As far as I can see in service history no cam belt has been changed.  Is it due?

If it’s never had one in that time -
I’d be wanting it done last week. 

And as above get the water pump done too. Otherwise when that snaps in a weeks time
you’ll have a lot more to complain about that’s for sure !! 

I will just add in case the OP is curious why the water pump needs doing at the same time it is because a new tight  cam belt will put a lot more strain on the 123000 mile waterpump bearings which will probably fail in short order.

A new belt won't be any tighter than the old one - tensioners take care of that. 

Change the cambelt and you're basically doing all of the labour needed to change the water pump. It's a "parts cost only" job which adds, what? £35 to the overall cost of a job totalling a few hundred quid. 

Mildly_Miffed

Jumblebumble said:

I will just add in case the OP is curious why the water pump needs doing at the same time it is because a new tight  cam belt will put a lot more strain on the 123000 mile waterpump bearings which will probably fail in short order.

No, it's because the water pump is driven by the cambelt.
To change it when the belt is off is trivial.
To change it at another time is the same job as changing the cambelt.

It's basic precautionary maintenance combined with a huge amount of labour saving.

The belt tension is set by the spring-loaded tensioner, and should be consistent throughout the life.

textbook

I have it booked in for new cambelt in three weeks.  Earliest I could get. I'm a total idiot not picking up on this. I know nothing about vans.  Worried it'll go before.   Really stressing.  I guess I should emphasise the water pump too or is that obvious 

Barkin

textbook said:

I guess I should emphasise the water pump too or is that obvious 

No harm in clarifying, but no mechanic worth his/her salt will change the belt without doing the pump at the same time. 

They'll almost certainly order a timing belt "kit", which will include the pump, rather than the individual parts. 

textbook

I've also noticed it makes a clunking noise when not in gear.   

Ibrahim5

I sometimes change a timing belt without doing the water pump. Just saying.