Technical Regata Timing Belt change?

[danielsydney]

Hi was wondering what is the cost in changing the timing belt on a Regata 85S? How long does the job take whats involved? how often does it need to be changed?

 

[TroyO]

From memory the official interval is 36k miles (approx 58k km) or 3 years. I was always told 30k-35k miles. Might be a good idea to get the timing belt tensioner looked into at the same time.

Troy.

 

[danielsydney]

Troy do you know how much the cost is for this job?

 

[TroyO]

Don't know the cost to be honest, my dad did the timing belt changes on my 131 so there was no labour charge. Timing belt was about $50 (for the twin cam engine) but this was in the late 90's. It should be cheaper than a late model Peugeot/Citroen, the procedure doesn't look as involved.

Troy.

 

[s130]

Any competant garage should be able to change the cam belt within an hour.

All that is required is a belt, which should cost you around £20. The tensioner is all steel and decent bearings so does not need replacing unless the existing bearing is very noisy.

No modern composit plastic tensioners/wheels on the good old Regata. No variable cam timing requiring special locking tools.

Total cost I would expect to be well under £100.