How much should i be paying for cambelt change??

snike77 · Post by **snike77** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:21 am

Roughly how much should i be paying for a cambelt change on my BB9??

Ive had the car 3 years now and its on 94k, the guy i bought it from "thinks" the cambelt was done at about 60k

So rather than risk it too much longer, i am gonna look into having it done

Thing is i dont know what kinda work is required or how much a garage should charge

So if someone could help that'd be great, saves me getting bummed by some garage for the job

Cheers

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:25 am

£40 for the timing belt
£20 for the balancer belt
Do you want to replace the timing belt auto tensioner?
Do you want to change the water pump?
Labour will be a round £200 - £250 I would have thought

snike77 · Post by **snike77** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:29 am

i suppose i may as well get it all done if im gonna do it,

how much are the auto tensioner and the water pump roughly

cheers

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:44 am

HONDA OEM

Auto tensioner - Actually I don't think the 2.0 uses one, I cant find it on Lings or in the service manual

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Water pump - £120

snike77 · Post by **snike77** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:43 am

Ok thanks

so if i get quoted around the £500ish mark for the lot, that'd be a fair price??

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:49 am

Hopefully it would be closer to £400

Stevelar_granolar · Post by **Stevelar_granolar** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:52 pm

Good time to check/replace cam seals and balance shaft seal...and pully's as a measure of preventative maintenance

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:38 pm

Quoting myself from a thread in April....

For a BB8 5G my local Honda garage charge £342.68 inc Parts, Labour VAT and everything. This is for TIming Belt, Balance Belt & Auto Tensioner.

Breaks down as:
Belt 1 - £32.00
Belt 2 - £32.00
Tensioner - £101.57
Labour - £120.00
VAT - £57.11

My local specialist wasn't all that different. Money depending, you may also wish to look at a couple of other bits while at it....

You may not thank me for this - might just be added complication..
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/honda-p ... t5966.html

Good luck

Edit: Merlin's comments probably more relevant.

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:58 pm

That is a good price

Last time I got a Honda dealer to do my timing belt it was under the old Honda Happiness scheme.

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:05 pm

It is. But I wasn't that sure about them, and instead paid PerformanceTek slightly more!