Timing belt
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Does anybody know what the price of a cam belt change is on a 1.2 petrol please.
How many miles have you done so far to need the cambelt changing?Spanner999 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:43 am Does anybody know what the price of a cam belt change is on a 1.2 petrol please.
Recommendation to change the timing belt/cam belt is 80k miles or 6 years.
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Only 4000 but looking to the future found the answer to the cam belt replacement .80000miles or 72 months a Vauxhall technician told me it take 12hours to change which is charged at £70 per hour (which is warranty rate)which works out at £840 +£168 vat=£1008 plus cam belt kit which seems to vary but is around £150 this make a bill of around of about £1200 you don’t get told this when you buy the car and I certainly won’t be keeping mine for many years going Back to Hyundai or Honda I think.This engine also goes in the new Astra 8 hours to fit! and the new Mokka when it comes out.going to be an expensive time when there second or third owners .Shame really this isn’t a bad car at all goes well tows well very quiet well laid out inside and practical.
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If you do some research to change the cam belt the engine has to be removed that where the huge price comes from .Fords eco engine is the same a Fiesta takes 8 hours to change .these belts run inside the engine like a chain not on the outside which was easier to chain. As a former Vauxhall techincan I find this a dumb idea as a chain lasts longer and very rarely needs changing.The fiestas only have to be changed at 100000 miles.By that time the car is worth less than the price of the car.
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It might say it on the menu but go into the dealer and they tell a different story .This needs changing as to stop confusion.Would be good if it was the price .
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Can anybody tell me how to traffic alerts on my 8” screen ticked box nothing happens?
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Got a quote from Vauxhall dealer to change cambelt Grandland X 1.2 p £510 all in .That better but still very dear.
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