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new cambelt on an 07 fiesta

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Anyone had this done in a ford dealership, if you have how much did it cost ?

Would rather not go to a back street garage for this sort of work, as they are really hard to do on modern cars with how tight things are under the bonnet now,

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By *errygTV/TS
over a year ago

denton

main dealer will know how to charge, find a good small garage, find out average cost by looking on forums about your car, quite a few small garages do have the tools for the job, most modern cars are tight under bonnet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cam belts are all about labour costs...The belt kit itself isn't very expensive for most cars...its just the cost of taking a lot of kit out to actually get in to fit it. Never done a main dealer and never had a problem. Main dealer 80 an hour...local garage 40 an hour..like previous advice...good local garage is fine.

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

A good local garage can do it just as well for half the labour charge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The downside to going to a smaller garage is the Guarantee might not be as solid as what I'd get from a Main Dealer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My purple garage is a good option

My experience of cam belts is they are pretty easy to do

Check the timing 3 times and rotate engine 3 times between each check taking spark plug or glow plugs out

It's easy to do just daunting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do all my own maintenance. The last Fiesta I had was from late '92 through to mid '95 and that had the old Kent Engine.

I'd bought the car new, so during my ownership I never had to worry about the Cambelt.

Did a Head rebuild on the car I had afterwards - which involved removing the cam belt.

The belt change itself wasn't to tricky or time consuming, but that was a rear wheel drive vehicle and access is a lot easier.

As has been said, the cost of the part is fairly minimal - compared to the labour.

I'm looking to do a full engine rebuild on my car later this year - should be fun, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plenty of independent ford specialists that will do just as good if not better job on an 8 year old car. A main dealer for a car of that age is a waste of money

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By *oe bloggs69Man
over a year ago

fife

At a good non franchise garage around 300

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By *oe bloggs69Man
over a year ago

fife

Dunno if newer engines need water pump removed tho,my Mazda(basically xr3i engine) needed water pump removed n belt fitted n pump put bk..300 with 1 year guarantee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I recently had mine done on my 04 focus £115 inc. labour at my local garage. dealerships rip you off. its only around £45 for the kit itself and any qualified mechanic will find it an easy job. dealerships try and make it sound more labour intensive than it actually is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gear driven cams Ftw :p

Even if they do sound like a sewing machine lol

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