29-04-2017, 02:25 AM
How much is the car worth?, personally I would check the rollers/idlers myself and then gauge and probably risk it if I was doing it myself for my car, but remember all seals etc on the rollers will be 11 years old. Its unlikely that these will fail without making noise/giving some indication, its the belt that drops the bomb.
If you're getting this done at a garage different story, just get the full kit its only about 80 quid or something.
That being said, if it is a real cheap run about, and you really are being that tight, get the garage to change just the belt (note they will still charge you most of the cost of doing the idlers and tensioner anyway, due to already being down there to slacken belt with all covers being off engine locked etc). You wont actually save much much at all (25 quid for belt vs 90 odd with the full kit, but add another 150 for them to do the labour regardless of tensioner/idler change or not).
To be tight you need to also know what you can/cant get away with when cutting corners on your motor, and getting the garage to unwillingly do this for you will definitely bite you in the arse, especially when it comes to the difference between things that could be done, should be done, and need to be done.
If you're getting this done at a garage different story, just get the full kit its only about 80 quid or something.
That being said, if it is a real cheap run about, and you really are being that tight, get the garage to change just the belt (note they will still charge you most of the cost of doing the idlers and tensioner anyway, due to already being down there to slacken belt with all covers being off engine locked etc). You wont actually save much much at all (25 quid for belt vs 90 odd with the full kit, but add another 150 for them to do the labour regardless of tensioner/idler change or not).
To be tight you need to also know what you can/cant get away with when cutting corners on your motor, and getting the garage to unwillingly do this for you will definitely bite you in the arse, especially when it comes to the difference between things that could be done, should be done, and need to be done.
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