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Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:50 pm |
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How much where from, and what should i be looking at labour wise too. Is it worth replacing the water pump at the same time or is this not necessary?
So far had a quote for £277 from a local garage including cambelt and tensioner kit. Labour itself workks aout around £160 with them.
Anyone got kits lying around cheaper?
Worth buying a performance cambelt? |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:54 pm |
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pump not necessary and can be changed later as its nothing to do with the cambelt.
Fair price, can be had cheaper especially by someone on the forum.
GSF sell the kits for about 70 quid.
A performance cambelt is the same as a stock cambelt. |
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Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 182
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:14 am |
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| Chris H";p="86387 wrote: |
pump not necessary and can be changed later as its nothing to do with the cambelt.
Fair price, can be had cheaper especially by someone on the forum.
GSF sell the kits for about 70 quid.
A performance cambelt is the same as a stock cambelt. |
Cambelt and tensioners or just the tensioners?
Anyone fancy chucking me a price for the job?  |
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terrastudios
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 44
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:26 am |
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| Rosso";p="86496 wrote: |
| Chris H";p="86387 wrote: |
pump not necessary and can be changed later as its nothing to do with the cambelt.
Fair price, can be had cheaper especially by someone on the forum.
GSF sell the kits for about 70 quid.
A performance cambelt is the same as a stock cambelt. |
Cambelt and tensioners or just the tensioners?
Anyone fancy chucking me a price for the job?
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I'm not sure what its like on a 19, but on my 440 (with the 19 valver engine in) its a pain in the ass to do a cambelt; engine is too close to the wing (so you have to lift the engine out of the car). I guess it depends on where Renault positioned the engine in the bay, there is very little clearance on mine. If you can get the covers of easily enough (i'm doing this from memory so sorry if there are mistakes), the jobs not too bad, i always find it easier to set the engine to TDC (Top dead centre - number 1 piston, gear box end, on the top of its travel and the two camshaft lobes pointing towards each other), put the locking bar in the back of the engine so it does not move, slacken off the top tensioner and pull the belt off the cam shaft pulleys at the top, then remove from the oil pump and crank pulley at the bottom. Shove on the new belt, its usually a bit tight to get on but with patience you can, making sure that the cam shaft pulleys timing marks line up with the ones on the cover. Tighten up the tensioner, put the aux belt back on, covers back on, job done. Or you could just take it to a garage! |
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Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:41 am |
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its easy to do the belt!! if your willing to bring it to somerset i'll do it. |
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Wicked Neo
FCS Event Manager
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:45 am |
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do belt and tensioners!!
nasty things can happen if u dont do the tensioners . .
thats mine when the idle pully failed, causing the belt to shred, the tensioner pully to overheat and seize and for the belt to jump and knock the timing out casuing 4 bent valves |
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Rosso
Level 7 User
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 182
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:47 pm |
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So anyone going to give me a price for cambelt and tensioners with fitting? |
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Chris H
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:09 pm |
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Dan
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:29 pm |
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JB
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:46 am |
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i was lucky when mine went i still managed to drive abot a mile to stop in the nearest garage without mistiming 
and its idleR pulley |
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Rosso
Level 7 User
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 182
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:34 am |
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| I do em for £150 |
including parts? |
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Chris H
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:10 pm |
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phiphidon
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:58 am |
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Anybody near Ipswich thats willing to give me a price on changing cambelt and tensioners - I have the parts but not the will.........It's a 93 1.8 Rsi. |
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Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:24 am |
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Probs is, add on the cost of petrol from sunny south wales to groggy glasgow and i might aswell get it done in renault! |
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Doc
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:30 am |
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unless JB offers to do it for you. |
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Neal
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:06 am |
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Or Stan, who now has a proper workshop/business |
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stan
Gay Rights Activist
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
Posts: 1268
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:32 pm |
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doh...the final un-veailing isnt til next week!
besides i aint touching no 19! |
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Chet T16
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:16 pm |
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stan
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:19 pm |
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Chet T16
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