406 97 2.1 td Needs new pretensioner!!

It's dead easy to do, you will need a good trolley jack and a plank of wood though as you will probably have to remove the engine mount. Getting the tensioner back in is a pain in the nuts, so I drilled a hole in the side of mine using a cobalt drill bit and stuck a small precision screwdriver blade in it to act as a lock to take off the tension off the spring until the belt and tensioner where all in place. You will get a pre-tensioner and new cambelt from GSF car parts I think, not that expensive.

Andy

I've got the same car and engine. Also, I had to have the tensioner changed. I remember the part being expensive, but can't remember the labour charge at my local garage costing a lot. I'm sure I'd have remembered if it was over £100. So if I were you, I'd leave Peugeot well alone. My local garage charged me £130 to replace my timing belt, so to change the tensioner would've been less than that I'm sure. either way, a lot less than Peugeot,

Cheers Neil

Hi,

That's what my mechanic does now with Pugs' tensionner. Far easier to fit, and he said me that was as standard on Renault parts. It doesn't convince me, Renault cars are still a pile of crap :-)

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

The new Renault Laguna Diesel is the only diesel car I have been told to stay away from, it actually destroys itself due to the EGR valce apparantly.

Can anybody confirm this?

I have never heard of anything so ridiculus as this, do renault not test there engines before they sell them?

Andy

Yeah, probably as much as Peugeot seem to!!

Hi,

Errr, it seems it's the case.

No clue, but usual : 1.6 16V burning coil packs (replacement part seems reliable though), 1.9DTi breaking timing belts, DCis wearing turbochargers fast like hell... Sure I'll never buy a Renault.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Hi

Its a known fact in the trade if the EGR valve fails on the DCI Lagunas then if your very very lucky you get away with just a blown turbo charger, But normally its whole new engine time.

Avoid the Laguna II at all costs!

One of the reps at my work had one as his company car.

In 3 years from new it was towed in to the Renault dealer 7 times, The other 12 times he managed to drive it there.

Work has banned us from having any new Renault company cars.

Cheers guys, As usual, a great help. I will bypass the peugeot option with great pleasure!! Kind regards Simon

Oh, dear....

What can you say to that.

Andy