197: dealer cambelt change - harrats ponte

[Foxspeed]

just had the cambelt aux belt and water pump coolant changed by harrats of pontefract

top job and a great price :thumbup:

due to time and whats been going off at home i didnt have the time to do it myself so got a cracking price from harrats and had it done

thanks to -

darryl and the team at ponte :thumbup:

adam at harrats wakefield :thumbup:

 

[luke3]

Had mine done Monday at a local specialist, and it runs as good as ever!!
Might be a placebo effect but still feels great!

 

[Foxspeed]

i asked for all the old parts back......

mines only done 26000m in 5yr and to be honest it could have done another 12month - very little wear on the belts or pulleys - i think the 5yr/72k for 197 is probably a tad conservative and thats why you dont normally hear horror stories of the belts letting go :001_rolleyes:

200 - are now on 6yr/72k iirc

 

[Roy]

Had mine done Monday at a local specialist, and it runs as good as ever!!
Might be a placebo effect but still feels great!

Nice one Luke that's the 4th one they have done in the last couple of months

I asked that to Si and they said they were still in really good condition

 

[smoggy mark]

never herd a bad word about harrats ponte:thumbup:i had my first service done by them and was good price and top job.

 

[Lump]

If you dont mind me asking what was the damage to the old wallet?

I'm just about to book mine for the same service and I'm just gathering prices atm.

 

[Foxspeed]

If you dont mind me asking what was the damage to the old wallet?

I'm just about to book mine for the same service and I'm just gathering prices atm.

you have a pm!

 

[tw0hats]

you have a pm!

I'd be interested to know the price also as mine will be due beginning of March and if possible based on price would prefer to maintain a full Renault service history (nothing against independents), but just in case anything goes wrong in the future and I need to ask for a goodwill gesture

 

[Foxspeed]

photos of the parts removed -

aux belt and tensioner

 

[Foxspeed]

water pump

 

[gaz]

Bit ott on changing the water pump imo. Never heard of any issues on the 172/182 and I've been round them since 2004!

 

[Foxspeed]

cambelt



only bit of "wear" i could find....i few threads fraying slightly











bit of grease loss but bearing still smooth









parts 5yrs old and done 26250mile

 

[Foxspeed]

Bit ott on changing the water pump imo. Never heard of any issues on the 172/182 and I've been round them since 2004!

maybe but it has to go another 5yrs so for the sake of £50 it got changed because if not its a full strip down to do at a later date

 

[Giles]

parts 5yrs old and done 26250mile

is that all the parts have to replace??

think need to get mine done next year!

 

[Foxspeed]

is that all the parts have to replace??

think need to get mine done next year!

theres a couple of blanking plugs for the rear of the cylinder head and of course the coolant

 

[Giles]

ok thanks

 

[sideways danny]

Bit ott on changing the water pump imo. Never heard of any issues on the 172/182 and I've been round them since 2004!

it's not a 172 though. Not changing the water pump on a 197 would be like not changing one of the idler pulleys