Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ?

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Mon 5 Feb 2007 16:58
Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ? - arnold2
Ford dealer has quoted me £300 for the above - this seems rather steep ! Presuming a cambelt for a Ford Focus is pretty cheap, how long is the labour - I would think 2 hours would cover it ?
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Mon 5 Feb 2007 17:31
Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ? - jc2
Not if it has PAS & A/C.
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Tue 6 Feb 2007 12:41
Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ? - yorkiebar
Book time of around 2.5 hours @ a dealer rate of around £ 80 hour = £200 + parts.

Sounds about right for a dealer price for this sort of car.

Try a good local independant, probably save around £ 100 ?
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Fri 9 Feb 2007 11:29
Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ? - Galad
I have a Mazda 323 turbo diesel, which may be a Ford Focus in disguise, and the bill for replacing the cambelt by bthe dealer was £300+vat
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Fri 9 Feb 2007 11:40
Focus 02 TDCi Cambelt change - £300 ? - Peter
I recently had the cambelt and fuel pump belts changed on my Rover 420 SLDi, cost £207.00 inc vat. This was through Nationwide AutoCentre, local garages quoted ~ £350.00. They did say that if the tensioner needed changing that would be an extra £50.00. You could discuss the matter with them.
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