£1200 Service on the way

[Pistol Pete]

Got the trophy booked in for its 5 year Service belts etc.

got the MOT free. and courtesy car of course.

Will be selling afterwards, want a new car again.

 

[Gareth]

£1200!!!? You sure?

 

[Revels]

Isn't that more than double what it should be?

 

[Rob]

You are officially on crack.

Take it to a specialist, pay half, have the job done better, walk away happy.

 

[Pistol Pete]

gonna have to double check this as i'm sure i got a figure of £600 from them before

 

[Pistol Pete]

Probably

 

[sideways danny]

I've done exactly this on a trophy this week, plus a downpipe gasket. I wish it was £1200, I'd take a few days off.

just had a look and including gasket and coolant change it's under £700

 

[ForceIndia]

Weird thread.

 

[Fred@BTM]

are they giving you lube for free too?

 

[Pistol Pete]

I've done exactly this on a trophy this week, plus a downpipe gasket. I wish it was £1200, I'd take a few days off.

More??

 

[Jonny1*2]

basically unless it's a v6 you're having serviced, it shouldn't be any more than £600 period. Dealers will bum rape you! Travel to a specialist.

 

[alanc1000]

Sounds high.

On the other hand i really will be shelling out that on my car, just done 4 tyres for £550, full service and MOT plus a couple of bodywork bits due in November, it all adds up.

 

[EllD90]

You have a BMW, he has a Clio. Hardly comparable?

 

[Fred@BTM]

basically unless it's a v6 you're having serviced, it shouldn't be any more than £600 period. Dealers will bum rape you! Travel to a specialist.

a PROPER 5year service is below, including the stuff people never bother with - ie brake fluid

(approx figures)

belt change - £450
service - £100
plugs - £50
box oil - £50
brake fulid - £50
coolant - £50
dephaser - £166

total - £916

 

[Rob]

On the above (for me):

Belt change: Fine
Service: (Do myself)
Plugs: (Do myself)
Box oil: Fine
Brake Fluid: Fine
Coolant: £50? Bit steep no?
Dephaser: I've heard such mixed reviews on this, help!

 

[Fred@BTM]

go and buy 7L of renault type D coolant and than add the labour to do it, i think you'll find £50 is cheap

 

[Rob]

Honestly though, is the Renault coolant really necessary?

 

[Wests Renault]

I can book you in at one of our branches for a lot less than that

 

[Jonny1*2]

a PROPER 5year service is below, including the stuff people never bother with - ie brake fluid

(approx figures)

belt change - £450
service - £100
plugs - £50
box oil - £50
brake fulid - £50
coolant - £50
dephaser - £166

total - £916

Fare one. But I'd bet they weren't including all that. Every Renault I called about my 36k service didn't even know the belts needed doing :S

 

[sideways danny]

Honestly though, is the Renault coolant really necessary?

not really as long as you flush the old stuff completely. Mixing different types can cause issues

 

[Jon.G]

How important is the dephaser to get changed?

 

[Fred@BTM]

you may aswell do it IMO whilst the car is apart, if it fails then it'll have to all come apart AGAIN

 

[Fred@BTM]

Honestly though, is the Renault coolant really necessary?

no, but that's what dealers use, plus trophy/V6 owners aka "the high rollers"

most people i have in go for "normal" 5yr stuff at half the price

 

[DrR]

I don't wish to argue with Fred but,
Gearbox oil and dephaser arenot on the service schedule?
Brake fluid is a 4 year thing? As is coolant I think.

And plugs are not due till 72k, age irrelevant.

 

[ForceIndia]

I think it's more that you see sooooooo many dephasers go that it's just sensible. Everytime I'm over there one seems to be playing up.

 

[DrR]

I agree they should be done, but there not part of the service schedule, mine wasn't done but car had only done 36k

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'm making a point

£1200 at a delaer gets you "x"

£300 less at a specialist gets you all of that

brake fluid is a 2year thing, but no one EVER bothers
the boxes are made of cheese, so why not help it out a bit?
plugs i recommend 3year/36K

 

[Revels]

Maybe I've only just noticed it, but I'm sure nobody user to mention the dephaser pully last year or ever before that.

It seems the last few months it's the latest thing that people go on about.

 

[Daniel]

Maybe I've only just noticed it, but I'm sure nobody user to mention the dephaser pully last year or ever before that.

It seems the last few months it's the latest thing that people go on about.

I was thinking that the other day actually! Rewind to a year ago, nobody EVER mentioned getting the dephaser changed.

 

[Alastair.]

brake fluid and coolant is every 4 years or 72k

 

[jenic]

Type D coolant cost me £13/5 litres in Jan. Fred said they charged me wrong though. Still I needed more so went back the next day and again it was only £13! Not worth not using genuine at that price.

 

[Fred@BTM]

brake fluid and coolant is every 4 years or 72k

DOT 4 generally has a life span of 2years, renault do make me smile sometimes!

 

[Alastair.]

DOT 4 generally has a life span of 2years, renault do make me smile sometimes!

i just follow renaults guidelines fo sho:rasp:

 

[Triki]

Most manufacturers say brake fluid every 2yrs.
You can just ask for it to be checked

 

[z8jay]

Would dodgy brake fluid explain why I get brake fade during normal driving on the road?

 

[Dunn]

Dephaser wasnt mentioned because people used to change the oil

now nobody seems bothered to do it

possibly recession etc lol

 

[sideways danny]

Maybe I've only just noticed it, but I'm sure nobody user to mention the dephaser pully last year or ever before that.

It seems the last few months it's the latest thing that people go on about.

Latest fad. couple of people have one break and do some scare mongering. Bit like water pumps a couple of years ago. I think i've only ever had to change 4 and that's from over 200 cambelt changes, and they were all rattling like crazy before i saw the car. Never had one develop a fault after a cambelt change yet.

oh and sparkplugs are always mullered by 36k, so the renault timescale on them is very wrong

 

[Fred@BTM]

^28 dephasers in the past 6months, that southern air must be kind on the cars

 

[Rob]

^28 dephasers in the past 6months, that southern air must be kind on the cars

Seriously Fred? I was going to sack off having mine done... but it does seem a silly risk for not a massive amount of money...

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'll take a pic of the pile of them later!