Pug 1.1 cambelt change costs?????

Yup, what he said.

"Knight Of The Road" wrote in news:DO-dnfzeC8G0iB snipped-for-privacy@bt.com:

That makes sense to me, along with oil changes, exhaust fitting and new tyres. There are places that can do it cheaper than you can buy the parts for.

=A320ish for a belt from pug, few spanners, couple of hours spare and you can do it yourself. You dont need special tools other than a torque wrench for the main pulley bolt, these engines arent that delicate - ive worked on 3 of them so far and changed all belts by "90 degree at longest stretch" method. It needs no special locking tools, and no real experience (it was my first cam belt change actually!). Totted up >50K miles on one and the other two did >20k that i know of before being sold on.

It is good to change the belt though, even if you got it done at a local garage it shouldnt be far off =A3100 all in.

J

Pleased to hear it. But that's not what you said. It's quoted above - look.

Peter

We do . dont matter if they are worn or not.

Ok. I'll call you Beilzebub.

sorry i did silly of me give me a bad name.

Quotes from real garages of £100 ish, or £146+Vat from 2 Pug main Stealers. One said 8 years and 72k miles other said 9 years and 80k miles....

Might as well get it done as car is 8 in Aug, it has not been driven for 2.5 years and has done about 32000.

Thanks for help folks..

Him at home wrote:

£20ish for a belt from pug, few spanners, couple of hours spare and you can do it yourself. You dont need special tools other than a torque wrench for the main pulley bolt, these engines arent that delicate - ive worked on 3 of them so far and changed all belts by "90 degree at longest stretch" method. It needs no special locking tools, and no real experience (it was my first cam belt change actually!). Totted up >50K miles on one and the other two did >20k that i know of before being sold on.

It is good to change the belt though, even if you got it done at a local garage it shouldnt be far off £100 all in.

J

Dont think id ever leave a belt 8 years, the material perishes with time as well as use - id go with 5 years or the recommended milage (you never know if someone used a cheap belt thats not as good as OE). Good choice, a decent local garage will see you thru - just make sure you dont notice any whines or change in performance afterwards (tight belt or badly re-aligned timing, as my friend had from a stealer.)

Tis done and the actual was only cost £77 inc VAT!

good quality branded/cheap one!!

Did they do the tensioner(s) as well?

Thats very very good, was it replaced with a pug belt? or a cheap one?

Lets hope it lasts then?

I'd be surprised at £77.

"Conor" wrote:>> >

Me too. Negates the point of doing it if that is the case, IMHO.