Is this a high quote for a cambelt ?

Make sure they are going to change the lot and not just the belt.

Make sure they are going to change the lot and not just the belt.

They said they do the cambelt, tensioner, and auzillary belt for good measure whilst its off, as they are a stretch belt and once taken off they must be replaced the chap said.

Not if you have an audi 2.7 allroad :)

They expect to supply and get their mark up. And likely want to use a supplier they trust.

I called my local ford specialist the cost of a cambelt/tension/water pump is £422 inc vat and labour sounded a bit high to me. They did say its a 2 hours job.

Second garage indy £270 all in for the cambelt only not the water pump, I just out of habit get the water pump done.

I'm just wondering whats a reasonable price for this job ?

Although I may source the parts from euro car parts or gsf and then just pay the labour for the job although the second garage said they won't fit customer parts, I asked why "we just don't"

04 ford focus petrol 1.8

forgot to mention ford recommend it being done at 100k which seems high ? mines on almost 50k but it has a tow bar fitted before I bought it so may have had a harder life than some focuses and as I plan on keeping it till the bitter end hehe I thought it would be a worth while job being done.

I've read most people get it done at 80 k

Not if you have an audi 2.7 allroad :)

I have no idea what that means.

£422 is very cheap to do an allroad 2.7l it's a car & the cambelt is a bit of a job..

£422 is very cheap to do an allroad 2.7l it's a car & the cambelt is a bit of a job..

Ah I see.

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Total waste of money to get it done at that mileage.

They will virtually all go to 100K plus; the tensioner *may* fail early, (but not at 50K); it will give plenty of noisy warning first.

If you are of a nervous disposition, get it done at 80K if you must.

Chris

Does age come into the equation? My car is 6 years old but only has 30k on the clock. The main dealers keep sending me cards warning of the dire consequences if it isn't changed soon.

Depends on what car you own?

'think of the children'

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Yes. It's 100K or 10 years for the Focus.

Many cars have much shorter intervals; it's often based on 10K per year. If your handbook tells you it's due, either on age or mileage, get it done ASAP. Many six year old cars can be uneconomic to repair if the cambelt fails.

Chris

Both are.

As there is more work in the 1st.

About 10 years ago the price of cam belt change for a Vauxhall Omega V6 at a Vauxhall dealer was over £1000. 2x the number of covers, pulleys and tensioners. Most have 2 belts. So it's 2x the work.

Fiat coupe, inline 4 cylinder. Until people found that it could be done by removing an engine mount and pushing the engine away from the side of the engine bay it was an engine out job. Officially it still is, £1000ish.

I called my local ford specialist the cost of a cambelt/tension/water pump is £422 inc vat and labour sounded a bit high to me. They did say its a 2 hours job.

Second garage indy £270 all in for the cambelt only not the water pump, I just out of habit get the water pump done.

I'm just wondering whats a reasonable price for this job ?

Although I may source the parts from euro car parts or gsf and then just pay the labour for the job although the second garage said they won't fit customer parts, I asked why "we just don't"

That's fair enough, although they could have explained it better. They probably use a trusted parts supplier - it's in their interests to do so. If a customer were to supply a cheaper Chinese, Turkish or Indian pattern part and it failed, who pays for the remedial work? They don't want to get into an argument with the customer while the importers claim "it wasn't fitted properly," etc, or whatever excuse they may use to avoid any liabilities.

If they supply and fit the part, they guarantee the whole job. That's why they only use parts they can trust. At least that's the way we saw it when I was involved in that game many moons ago.

It does seem quite a bit low to get it done. 80k is probably advisable imho.

A lot of cars are at 40k and 60k seem fords 100k is very good.

Astoundingly good given the past history of Ford and cam belts. About

20 years ago a colleague bought a Ford Diesel. Owners handbook said 3 years / 60K miles. It failed at 2.5 years and 45K. He was then told that there was a TSB that rescheduled the belt change to 40K (no one told him how he should have been able to read it in their filing cabinet). When he went to collect it after the repairs he was told there was a new TSB that reduced the belt change interval to 35K.

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He would have been advised when it was serviced; if not, he should have been able to claim some of the cost back.

Chris

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Mondeo Mk2 TD. I remember the reduction from 60k to 40k (I actually thought it was originally 70k down to 40k). Its entirely possible that the reduction occurred after he had the 40k service done. As for claiming back on a 2.5 yo car which in those days only had a 12 month warranty....... well good luck with that. I've had lots of experience with Ford being very slippery about defects which occurred inside the warranty period.