How much for cambelt?

[alexm]

How much should i expect to pay to have my cambelt replaced? Im not getting it done by renault.

 

[Fred@BTM]

£400-£500

parts are £250 alone (cambelt kit and aux belt kit)

 

[alexm]

oh right thanks.
i have developed a whining noise coming from the engine which is most likely the cambelt isnt it? its getting replaced any ways. i hope its just that, and nothing more!

 

[Fred@BTM]

more likely the aux belt idler pulley, but change the lot to be safe as second hand engines are rare and expensive these days!!

 

[Russ.]

possibly a dodgy tensioner? (the whining)

 

[alexm]

they r changing the lot to be sure and safe yer. makes sense as it will all be stripped down any ways. bloody clio has cost a fortune in repairing!

cheers for help any ways

 

[Fred@BTM]

they got the special tools to do the cambelt?

 

[alexm]

i hav no idea. where would they get them from?

 

[alexm]

and what r they?

 

[Fred@BTM]

needed for locking the camshafts, crankshafts and pullies, if the job is done without them, the timing WILL be out and you'll have wasted your money!

you need this little lot

about £200's worth

 

[alexm]

bloody hell. so ill have to suffer the cost of that aswel, or does that come with the cambelt and aux kits u were saying about earlier?

 

[Cupster]

Nope, if the garage you have your eye on do not have these tools, walk away tbh!

....and make sure you get the full kit too, not just the belt. Mines only on 33k and the pulleys were aleady whining before they were changed.

 

[Andy GDI]

ambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £355.31 February Price £401.32

Cambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Non Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £277.69 February Price £322.48

 

[alexm]

andy, how much would gdi charge to fit the aircon version?

 

[iimushroomzii]

^^
ambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £355.31 February Price £401.32

 

[Fred@BTM]

^thats just for an aux belt, i always suggest changing the lot

 

[iimushroomzii]

Why does it say Cambelt and Auxbelt, Confusing!

 

[alexm]

i didnt realise that was the fitted cost iimushroomzii.

fred, what do u mean by "changing the lot" what else other then the aux and cam belts would want changing and roughly how much extra?

sorry for all the questions but i dropped it off at the garage tonight for them to start looking at it tomorrow, and if they dont have that kit u were talking about, then theres not a great deal of point in them doing it is there cus ill hav to pay out an extra £200 for that kit

 

[Fred@BTM]

aux belt is just that, a belt! or aux belt KIT including belt, idler and tensioner, i always change the lot for the KIT as these parts can fail

cambelt is ALWAYS a complete kit with 2 idlers and a tensioner

 

[alexm]

fair enough. the gdi kit, is the full kit then. (Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt)

 

[Fred@BTM]

no they do a full cambelt kit, and just an aux belt on its own, they only replace the aux tensioner and idler if needed, i replace them regardless

 

[alexm]

but the thing he quoted was for the whole thing wasnt it?

ambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £355.31 February Price £401.32

out of interest how much do u charge?

 

[Fred@BTM]

not the way i read it!

 

[clio_luke]

my 182 had a full cambelt kit and aux belt kit last week. cost me £523 but its money well spent imo.

 

[koi]

Had the cam and aux belt with tensioners done at the stealers for £540

 

[Andy GDI]

that price is for......

Cambelt kit FITTED and a new aux belt at the same time

2 versions, for the aircon and non air con versions


if you want the aux belt KIT that is extra (optional)

 

[jeremy]

Fred - How much would you charge to do the below (Aircon)?

ambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £355.31 February Price £401.32

Cambelt & Auxiliary Belt (Non Aircon)
Gates Cambelt Kit (all tensioners and idlers) Renault Aux belt.
Offer price £277.69 February Price £322.48

 

[Fred@BTM]

renault cambelt kit
renault auxbelt kit

£450

 

[Ronnie R]

Why dont people do a search

 

[Fred@BTM]

because this is cliosport!!! no one uses the search!!!

 

[bartebk]

renault cambelt kit
renault auxbelt kit

£450

So how much at GDI for the same?

 

[jeremy]

Bit of a sly one from GDi. I wonder how many people will think they're getting the Aux pulley and idler changed as well when its just the belt thats changed. Apparently its not the actual belt that is the weakness but the other two parts, so if changing the aux belt on its own is as good as not changing it.

 

[Cupster]

Nope, if the garage you have your eye on do not have these tools, walk away tbh!

....and make sure you get the full kit too, not just the belt. Mines only on 33k and the pulleys were aleady whining before they were changed.

Bump, from earlier :approve:

 

[Šįk]

i bought in the parts direct from renault for 220 and got them fitted for 100

total 320

 

[Chris_H]

fecks sake, I'm undercharging by hundreds of pounds it seems!

 

[Andy GDI]

i cant see how its a sly one..

it says aux belt and cam belt kit....

in our traders post it says at the end you have the option to have the aux tensioner done as well.

its the belts that are a problem, they crack when they get older and thats when they need replacing..

we keep tensioners in stock if they need it, or they are asked for specifically by the customer.

only ever needed to change 2 tensioners in all the time we have been doing these. Not a single one has ever been a problem

 

[Curley]

renault cambelt kit
renault auxbelt kit

£450

So how much at GDI for the same?

What he said

 

[alexm]

In the end the garage said the cambelt was in good condition.
I had a new complete drive belt tensioner, guide and ancillary belt kit fitted for £275.
The noise has dissapeared, and drives as normal again.

 

[chauster]

WOW you guys are paying qite alot for the cambelt kit. I got mines from euro car parts costing just over 110 quid thats with the caps that go on the camshafts as well btw the price on their web site is wrong .
I just had my cambelt and full service done by Kenny Brown in Glasgow all in all it cost me about 400 quid ish .

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