#1: 180 cambelt change? Author: jamiea69, Location: bristolPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:29 am ---- does anybody know when the the cambelt should be changed on a 180 and how much it roughly cost. mine is 04 plate with 38,000. so im thinking sooner rather later.
#2: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:33 am ---- 5 years MAXIMUM!!
My cambelt & waterpump were changed by Kyle (gti180boy) at his workshop - cost just under £250 from memory.
Pug dealers will charge a lot more - it takes at least 4½ hours by a professional
#3: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: jamiea69, Location: bristolPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:38 am ---- ooops thats well over due then, only came 2 me yesterday after my mot that it might need doing.
sounds a bit of a job, i dont really want peugeot dealers doing it. theyll just pull my pants down over the price and time to do it
#4: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:44 am ----
jamiea69 wrote:
ooops thats well over due then, only came 2 me yesterday after my mot that it might need doing.
sounds a bit of a job, i dont really want peugeot dealers doing it. theyll just pull my pants down over the price and time to do it
It is a pain, but has to be done!
If you are desperate and can get to Stafford (M6 J13) then give Kyle a PM.
Failing that, a decent local garage should be able to do it successfully.
#5: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:46 am ---- PS: an '04 GTi 180 with 38k miles had its cambelt go, was not cheap!
#6: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: jamiea69, Location: bristolPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:53 am ---- cheers dude, appreciated. worried bout driving it now lol. just got it booked for fri now. opefully ill get it back on the day.
#7: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:10 am ---- I changed mine at 49k (5 years), I've heard varying stories ranging from 50k to 80k but as said, it's an expensive mistake to fix if it goes!
#8: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:20 am ----
jamiea69 wrote:
cheers dude, appreciated. worried bout driving it now lol. just got it booked for fri now. opefully ill get it back on the day.
Mine was changed after 5¼ years, at 53000 miles (mine's a 54-plate).
My original fanbelt was hardly worn, so wasn't replaced (it was only about £15).
The cambelt was actually 'bouncing' about 1" (it was slack), so could have gone at any time.
#9: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Seb, Location: Under your bedPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:14 am ---- I'm just thankful I don't have to worry about cambelts any more! They give me the frights!
#10: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:15 am ----
Seb wrote:
I'm just thankful I don't have to worry about cambelts any more! They give me the frights!
chain?
#11: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Seb, Location: Under your bedPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:20 am ---- Yeh both the VX and Mini have a chain.
#12: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:21 am ----
Seb wrote:
Yeh both the VX and Mini have a chain.
thought so. happy days
#13: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:31 am ----
Seb wrote:
I'm just thankful I don't have to worry about cambelts any more! They give me the frights!
One cambelt & water pump every 5 years
It's no big deal
#14: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Seb, Location: Under your bedPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:32 am ---- No, but it's one less thing to worry about and be concerned about revving an engine and overstretching rubber. Rev it and it's half that.
Personally would have cambelts done every 3 years/30k miles anyway, rubber perishes badly.
#15: Re: 180 cambelt change? Author: Drake, Location: MidlandsPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:03 am ----
Antix wrote:
Seb wrote:
I'm just thankful I don't have to worry about cambelts any more! They give me the frights!
One cambelt & water pump every 5 years
It's no big deal
Hey 300 quid is a big deal to some of us
Currently saving up so I can get mine done thankfully my driving over the past 2 years has been fairly relaxed
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