genuine scooby belts are about £90

stu

[Edited by imprezaturbo555 - 5/4/2002 1:34:14 PM]

 

I reckon its time for my timing belt to be changed, however as my car is now out of warranty I don't fancy paying £400 to some dealer.....

Does anyone in the West yorkshire area have any good pointers to reputable mechanics or garages / workshops who would change the belt for me, obviously at a cheaper cost than the dealers? Also I can talk pound notes if that's the language they want to use

btw - I'm based in Wakefield, near Leeds, but if you've read my status, you'd probably already know that

Thanks for listening.

 

Hi Burr, i don't know if this will help, but there is a small ad usually in Auto trader full service including all filters, plugs belts and labour, £250. All turbo models, {i think} i havn't used them myself, so i can't recommend them. I don't have a trader to hand otherwise i would give you the number. Has any other scooby owners used them?. I think they are fairly local, Rotherham/ Sheffield area i think, hope this helps. Ady.

 

most garages should be capable of a belt change its an easy job,also there safe engines and no damage will happen if it snaps

stu

 

Safe Engines?? I am sure this has been done before - but are they really safe??

I think the engineering term is, Clearance Engine.

Way back in the 70's my Ford 2.0litre Pinto engines were clearance engines - indeed 2 cambelts snapped and no damage done!

Anyone want to put all our minds at rest??

Pete

 

Read this thead on the topic

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...threadid=91743

Andrew







[Edited by Andrew Q - 5/3/2002 10:17:48 PM]

 

Well, I've just been quoted £60 plus the price of the belt. (How much is the belt????)

The guy who's gonna do it is a current Subaru dealer head-mechanic, so I think it should be ok

 

Ta

 

turbo engines are not safe engines they will bend valves if the belt breaks