mattyboy199
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General service which seems ok £120.00
Cambelt change including rollers, tensioners & new belt £250.00
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Do people actually use vauxhall dealers to service their car or use other garages to ?
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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The only time I would take my car to Vauxhall is if I needed something done that can ONLY be done by a main dealer. Everything else I just buy the parts myself and get my mechanic to fit!
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Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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A local garage down near me will do that for £150 and do a pukka job 
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room101
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quote:
Originally posted by mattyboy199
Cambelt change including rollers, tensioners & new belt £250.00
Comments recomendations ?
Check very carefully whether you car needs a cambelt, or if it has a timing chain. I told the dealer I had a 99 1.2 16v engine and he quoted £180 for the timing belt etc.
A month later I popped in for an oil filter (cheaper than Halfords) as I do my own oil change and was told that the 1.2 has a timing chain. Great ! Now I know that i need do nothing until it rattles (around 80K miles ?).
But the question is, why didn't the muppet at the dealers know this ?
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Rainesie
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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I use a company called Universal Tyres in Dunstable for my servicing.
£45 inc vat for a service, don't know about a cambelt. They know what they are talking about too.
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