How often does cam belt need to be changed?
When to replace the cam belt It’ll usually need to be replaced more than once over the course of a vehicle’s lifetime. Manufacturers will usually recommend to replace your timing belt after a set number of years or miles. This could be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 miles or 4+ years.
How long does a cam belt last?
This could range from 40,000 miles up to 100,000 miles, and from four years up to six years. The vehicle handbook will specify the change frequency, and a decent garage should let you know if a cambelt change is due when your get your car serviced.
Does the Renault Clio have a Cambelt?
All Clio cars in this year range have a timing belt.
How much does it cost to change cam belt on Renault Clio?
You might want to phone around: our Renault service counter was doing half-price cam belt changes two years ago. Without the water pump change, but with tensioner pulley change, plus an aircon refresh, it was £300. The advice is to change the belt. For my own part, I did so on the Clio at 72,000 miles, which it racked up in four years.
What kind of timing belt does a Clio have?
For this period, only Clio cars with the 1.5 C2L engine have a chain and the rest have a belt. All Clio cars in this year range have a timing belt. Clio cars with the M4R engine and the H5Ft and H4Bt engines have a timing chain and the rest have a belt.
How often should a cam belt be replaced?
Also, have read that some have had cambelt failure after 2 years! so if i got it replaced now it could fail in t 2 years time, whereas i would expect another 5 years out of it. Sorry for going on but the more i look the more i am reluctant to change it as its only done 27k???
What’s the change interval on a Clio 1.2?
The change interval is 72,000 miles or 5 years,it’s the ‘5 year’ part thats often overlooked and I have seen many belts snap on cars with less than 72k due to the age factor.