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[Travel] Cambelt replacement



Perkino

Well-known member
Dec 11, 2009
5,978
I have been adviced to replace the cam belt by my local garage but they don't do them as it requires some specialist equipment...

Any suggestions of where to go and what it should cost for a 2010 Astra
 




severnside gull

Well-known member
May 16, 2007
24,540
By the seaside in West Somerset
No idea where but don't skimp on changing the water pump at the same time. It'll save you a busted engine! Most of the cost is labour..... Between £200 and £400 so do look around.
 


Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 11, 2003
73,365
West west west Sussex
Another signing?
 


SIMMO SAYS

Well-known member
Jul 31, 2012
11,702
Incommunicado
My cambelt went on my Focus 03 - fecked the engine fifteen hundred quid to fix fffsake!
Car wasn't worth that but had no time to feck about getting another.
 












pornomagboy

wake me up before you gogo who needs potter when
May 16, 2006
6,014
peacehaven
Keith at portslade mot is brilliant say keiran with yellow van sent you

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macky

Well-known member
Dec 28, 2004
1,651
why is that had mine done there in the past all ok
 


banjo

GOSBTS
Oct 25, 2011
13,232
Deep south
I have been adviced to replace the cam belt by my local garage but they don't do them as it requires some specialist equipment...

Any suggestions of where to go and what it should cost for a 2010 Astra

Daughter had her’s, Plus water pump replaced for a Fiat 500 £240. Not sure what the cost for an Astra? This is a Worthing based Mechanic. Not sure where you’re based.
 






dejavuatbtn

Well-known member
Aug 4, 2010
7,128
Henfield
My cambelt went on my Focus 03 - fecked the engine fifteen hundred quid to fix fffsake!
Car wasn't worth that but had no time to feck about getting another.

Had a cam follower go on a vauxhall that did a similar job. Expensive if one goes and worth the investment in a new belt and pump.
 






spence

British and Proud
Oct 15, 2014
9,811
Crawley
Think i paid £180 for mine to be replaced. That's the full kit but my car is a C3. Woulkdn't pay much more than that for an Astra. It's who you know.
 




beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,264
Think i paid £180 for mine to be replaced. That's the full kit but my car is a C3. Woulkdn't pay much more than that for an Astra. It's who you know.

its down to how much of a pig to get to the belt for refiting and adjusting. example, the Fiat Coupe are notorious, need to remove or drop the engine to do properly, so several hours rather than one that other engines might take.
 


Dumseagull

Active member
Jun 13, 2012
505
Lancing
Yes! what this guy said! ^

You can’t just say the change interval for an Astra is 10 years or xx amount of miles as it is quite literally different for every single engine code.
The cost varies not only from garage to garage but mostly based on how easy the cam belt is to replace on each individual engine, and their accessibility


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