Servicing advise... shall i do cam belt?

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

ok i have a 53 plate (reg. Nov 03) FF 172, so its coming upto 4 years old. Its done 41K miles, and within the next month its going into Rentech for its 4th service (first since i've owned it). So why the advise? i hear say... surely its just a matter of getting the 48K mile service (the basic service) done.

well when i looked back in the service history, i didnt find any record of the auxillary belt being done. So its booked in to have the 36K mile service done, and the guy said do you want the auxillary tensioner kit fitted at the same time for an extra £50? first question.... is it worth getting this tensioner done aswell??

Second question.... i understand the cam belt needs replacing at 72K miles or every 5 years, would there be any risk of me leaving that till next years service?? (i.e. have they been known to snap before the recommended replacement time??)

Cheers in advance

 

[172boost]

Yeah they have been known to snap early mate, if you can afford it...do it. To be safe I would do the aux belt as well, if any belt snaps on the clio then your looking at ££££££££££££££

 

[Timmay]

ive got the exact age clio - having aux belt done next month so gonna get cam belt done same time

 

[nockmeister]

YES deffo do the Aux tensioner kit...cam belt could wait till next service!

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

ok thanks guys. When the car goes in i'll ask them to check the cam belt, and get them to let me know if they see anything to be worried about

 

[Jay Payne]

Do the whole lot saves any worries then and u know it will all be ok for atleast 3 years or 36k

 

[Ads_172]

It's easier to get them all done. Cambelt slightly early but if you have no concerns about the cost of having it done then go for it - won't do any harm and will certainly prevent the risk of it going snap early.

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Well im getting cams put in, hopefully shortly after new year, so if i wait untill then, i suppose the labour to do it at the same time will be hardly anything / nothing, would i be right in assuming this?

 

[edde]

Well im getting cams put in, hopefully shortly after new year, so if i wait untill then, i suppose the labour to do it at the same time will be hardly anything / nothing, would i be right in assuming this?

Yep not much extra to fit cams when cambelts being done. Cambvelts got to be chnaged to do cams so migh as well kill both at once.

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Yep its what i will do now, spoke to K-tec today and they confirmed no extra labour is charged... just the cost of the cam belt kit