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cam belt change
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:20 pm
by ruffy
i am soon going to book my pug into a garage to have the timing belt changed 2.0 hdi 2003, i was wandering what sort of price am i looking at paying for this sort of job
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:48 am
by Leopold
Well, at my local garage they charged me £250 and thats for Complete Cambelt Kit and fitment of WaterPump which i purchased cheaper elsewhere.
What i suggest you do is to shop round and get quotes, you will be surprised
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:42 pm
by BruceT
I can do most things on cars confidently, apart from Brakes & Timing Belts.
Something Ive never tried incase I mess it up!
What is annoying, is the cost of parts Inc the belt kit, waterpump and crankshaft pulley(If needing to replaced) is only about £70-100 IIRC?
The rest if the dreaded labour...
The cost isnt too bad though if you work out you have 76k (correct for HDI?) or 4 or 6 years (??) for the belt interval
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:15 pm
by mjb
BruceT wrote:I can do most things on cars confidently, apart from Brakes & Timing Belts.
Brakes are easy peasy (apart from the handbrake shoes which are incredibly frustrating) - see my howto for the rears. The fronts are even easier
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:44 pm
by jasper5
BruceT wrote:I can do most things on cars confidently, apart from Brakes & Timing Belts.
Something Ive never tried incase I mess it up!
What is annoying, is the cost of parts Inc the belt kit, waterpump and crankshaft pulley(If needing to replaced) is only about £70-100 IIRC?
The rest if the dreaded labour...
The cost isnt too bad though if you work out you have 76k (correct for HDI?) or 4 or 6 years (??) for the belt interval
The crankshaft pulley from the dealers is £89 on its own (trade price). Ebay may be cheaper, but I don't buy parts from Ebay.
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:01 pm
by mjb
jasper5 wrote:The crankshaft pulley from the dealers is £89 on its own (trade price). Ebay may be cheaper, but I don't buy parts from Ebay.
Managed to get mine brand new in a Peugeot box for £7 delivered off ebay
When things are that price, it'd be rude not to, even if it doesn't actually
need replacing
Re: cam belt change
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:00 pm
by diesel.weasel
Try TMS motor spares.
I have a 53 plate 2004 HDi 90 S and got a genuine corteco crankshaft pulley for £48 inclusive of VAT
Gates timing belt kit was £58. I use them because they are 2 minutes from my house, but I have been hard pushed to find anyone cheaper.
Timing belt is fairly straight forward. Most difficult part is removing the cranks shaft pulley. You will need an Impact wrench or a fly wheel locking tooth.
Don't bother disconecting the exhaust manifold and flexible down pipe as per Haynes manual, just make sure you support the block.
DW