Technical Panda 100bhp cost of timing belt
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how long is a piece of string
cam bet + water pump vary from £150 to nearly £900
including a service under £400 would be reasonable
no idea on followers
cam bet + water pump vary from £150 to nearly £900
including a service under £400 would be reasonable
no idea on followers
Cost of Cambelt service? | FIAT 500 (2007+)
I have a 2009 1.2 500. I do high mileage and have hit 72000 miles. The service light came on this week so I called Fiat Slough for a quote. It needs a Cambelt and water pump and the service and the quote was £845!! I nearly fell off my chair. Does this sound right ? Have other people had to...
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Fiat Slough for a quote. It needs a Cambelt and water pump and the service and the quote was £845
on a very similar difficulty/time engine
Labour in centre London will not be the as somewhere in say Cornwall.
Maybe someone could recommend a garage if they knew what area your in
Not in the UK, but I paid €370 at my dealer. And yes that was a fixed price from a chart.
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Shop 4 Parts have the SKF timing belt kit for under £60 https://www.shop4parts.co.uk/?name=store&op=Product&ProdID=26667
Shop 4 Parts cam belt cover (often broken) https://www.shop4parts.co.uk/?name=...Panda_II_(04_to_09)_1.4_16v_Timing_Belt_Cover
You will also need the correct engine locking tools. The cam lock tool has a spring loaded pin. You screw it into the side of the cam cover with the flats vertical and turn the engine until the pin drops into place. You then fit the crank locking tool. Cam belt is fitted and tensioned with the cam wheel loosened. You will need a pulley holding tool to prevent overloading the cam and/or the cam belt as you torque it up.
This looks to have all you will need https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393679745850?hash=item5ba924333a:g:6wQAAOSwoABhEkMn
Shop 4 Parts cam belt cover (often broken) https://www.shop4parts.co.uk/?name=...Panda_II_(04_to_09)_1.4_16v_Timing_Belt_Cover
You will also need the correct engine locking tools. The cam lock tool has a spring loaded pin. You screw it into the side of the cam cover with the flats vertical and turn the engine until the pin drops into place. You then fit the crank locking tool. Cam belt is fitted and tensioned with the cam wheel loosened. You will need a pulley holding tool to prevent overloading the cam and/or the cam belt as you torque it up.
This looks to have all you will need https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393679745850?hash=item5ba924333a:g:6wQAAOSwoABhEkMn
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Just for the record I know how long a piece of string is, it's twice the distance it is from the middle.
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Reminds me of how many beans make five.
Thanks. A grown up replay and without any talk of string
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3 hours with aircon not including water pump or service
but doesn't help.
labour depends where you have it replaced
UK’s garage labour rates revealed
Research by Motoreasy, which investigated more than 6,000 garages across the UK, showed that main dealers are typically charging 40 per cent more than their independent counterparts. Some main dealers were found to charge more than
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Is there a big difference between the 1.4 100hp and the normal 1.2 engines? I've done several 1.2 timing belts and the last one I did under 90 minutes on the street. the biggest challenge i got was that I could not find my special tensioner tool so I needed to use a set of needle nose pliers...
the engine looks the same according to this thread https://www.fiatforum.com/threads/100hp-cambelt-changed-do-i-need-to-do-a-phonic-relearn.452300/
the engine looks the same according to this thread https://www.fiatforum.com/threads/100hp-cambelt-changed-do-i-need-to-do-a-phonic-relearn.452300/
nope
on a ramp, with all the tools, its a quick and easy job especially if you are doing them regularly.
What time garages charge (book time)for and the actual time taken are not the same thing and hadn't been for a long time.
Ok, thanks for input. So far I have had a fiat independent asking £375 and a Fiat main dealer asking £240 both included vat. This was for fitting the belt and water pump including the parts. Looks like it’s going to be Fiat who gets the job.
£240 including vat and water pump with a warranty sounds good to me
That must be the best price I've heard for a main dealer normally closer to £300 and doesn't usually include the pump at that price
For £240 with pump I'd go to a main dealer all day
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The water pump is driven by the cam belt so its daft to not replace it.
The cam belt covers often get broken (front connecting bolt area). New covers are not silly money but have to be fitted with the engine mount out of the way. The cover is not a job you can "leave for later".
The job is different to the 1.2 because the 1.4 is not a "safe" engine. You cannot take risks with the cam timing. You also have to loosen the cam pulley while belt tensioning. The 1.2 is easily done with paint marks and a follow-up check (and correction) to be sure it's not one tooth out.
In my case, the water pump was leaking so the entire belt kit was fitted. I also had a sheared off engine mount bolt. How does someone shear off one of those? I drilled it out and tapped to M12 so it's all good now. Dread to think what the garage costs would have been.
The cam belt covers often get broken (front connecting bolt area). New covers are not silly money but have to be fitted with the engine mount out of the way. The cover is not a job you can "leave for later".
The job is different to the 1.2 because the 1.4 is not a "safe" engine. You cannot take risks with the cam timing. You also have to loosen the cam pulley while belt tensioning. The 1.2 is easily done with paint marks and a follow-up check (and correction) to be sure it's not one tooth out.
In my case, the water pump was leaking so the entire belt kit was fitted. I also had a sheared off engine mount bolt. How does someone shear off one of those? I drilled it out and tapped to M12 so it's all good now. Dread to think what the garage costs would have been.
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