Serviced my wife's clio today it's a 2006 1.2l 16v petrol. We've had it since 2009 and it had 27k miles when purchased. It's only on 62k miles now. It's still running the original cambelt I say every year that I must change it. Maybe next year.
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Don't panic @Bornfree - I got a 2010 1.2 Renault Clio - two door poverty spec model in white - got it with 55k on clock in 2018 - it is now 2026 and it now has 94k on the clock. I never done the cambelt on mine either (they don't break in these D4F engines as a rule - unless the waterpump goes)
Cambelt replacement intervals are
Upto 2010 72000 miles or 60 months phase 1
2010 onwards 72000 miles or 72 months phase 2
Mine was overdue for time when I bought it - and now it is also well overdue for mileage 8yrs later.
It was cheap trade in - with a bit of light panel damage - I never repaired it. Wifey been running about in it - I hate the car. Sump is rotting out on it now.
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Russian Roulette, how long do you want to keep pulling the trigger?
gods ,,,, now youve typed the post its a ticking time bomb ,,, best get it done sooner rather than later , unless its a non interference engine , then just keep going and we can do a sweep stakes on how much longer it will last
my bet is about a week before you planed to change it
my bet is about a week before you planed to change it
I can say this because the car was scrapped because of the ULEZ. 1993 Rover 620GSi, bought as an ex demo from a dealer at a year old, so it wouldn't have had a belt by then, through the original buyer then me, scrapped in 2023 IIRC, with about 90k on the clock, and that never had a belt put on it
My current daily runabout fiesta had a belt put on it about six months before I got it. Let's see how long that one lasts.
My current daily runabout fiesta had a belt put on it about six months before I got it. Let's see how long that one lasts.
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We had our berlingo 1.5 diesel booked in for a service and cam belt change at 90k but they said they'd made a mistake and to bring it back at 120k. We said they were mad but they insisted. It's now done 91k and was recovered to the garage...because the cambelt has gone. The damage is apparently spectacular and it will need a new engine. The technician said it has a belt and a small chain, it's usually the chain that goes and spreads itself around the engine. So you'd think they would do something about it, no? We are now driving around in a very slick ford kuga courtesy car, which must be costing a packet.
They are a weird engine. They seem to have the same power and torque at 1500rpm as they do at 6000 rpm.
None across the full map?
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I noted that - they have no power - they just make more noise the higher the RPM
We had a clio1 with the 1.2 petrol D7F "DiET" engine in it, and it was due for a cambelt at 120k and was supposed to have been changed early by the garage we bought it from, and at 116 it snapped and trashed the engine.
It took me 4 hours from start to finish working in a wooden shed with just a normal cheap engine crane to swap a much low mileage replacement in from a breakers and that included a new cambelt ofc. I still see that little car out and about 20+ years later too. Distinctive because of the colour/model and the fact it had a towbar, which I also fitted & used. Its probably on the same belt I put on though
As premmington said above, the D4F is usually pretty good in terms of cambelt but its just the water pump that takes things out when they go wrong.
Id have another Clio1 as a spare runaround for the family if one ever pops up at reasonable money as it was so easy to work on and frugal to run and at 58hp not enough power to play boy racers in. Meanwhile, the clio iv estate we have, yeah its a different beast, more luxury, more power, but in terms of ease of working on, that should have been drowned at birth. And a cambelt change is supposed to involve engine removal, but you can get away by taking the mounts off and shifting it round the engine bay strategically. Progress eh? Not for us dirty hands types.
It took me 4 hours from start to finish working in a wooden shed with just a normal cheap engine crane to swap a much low mileage replacement in from a breakers and that included a new cambelt ofc. I still see that little car out and about 20+ years later too. Distinctive because of the colour/model and the fact it had a towbar, which I also fitted & used. Its probably on the same belt I put on though
As premmington said above, the D4F is usually pretty good in terms of cambelt but its just the water pump that takes things out when they go wrong.
Id have another Clio1 as a spare runaround for the family if one ever pops up at reasonable money as it was so easy to work on and frugal to run and at 58hp not enough power to play boy racers in. Meanwhile, the clio iv estate we have, yeah its a different beast, more luxury, more power, but in terms of ease of working on, that should have been drowned at birth. And a cambelt change is supposed to involve engine removal, but you can get away by taking the mounts off and shifting it round the engine bay strategically. Progress eh? Not for us dirty hands types.
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Friend moving back to UK, asked me to get his Clio auto through the test and sell it.
Care was little used, around 7k km in 11 yrs. since last belt swop, but the belt was really crazed and looked rough.
So, changed it and sorted a couple of other things. Autos not common and sold it in a week.
Care was little used, around 7k km in 11 yrs. since last belt swop, but the belt was really crazed and looked rough.
So, changed it and sorted a couple of other things. Autos not common and sold it in a week.
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I did the cambelt on my Discovery 3 around christmas time it was 40K over when it should have been done. It was also still running on the old weak type oil pump casing (2007, changed this as well).
Bought the parts 6 years ago but got new belts and oil seal just in case.
Bought the parts 6 years ago but got new belts and oil seal just in case.
Lancia integrale 16v had a change interval of something like 33,000 miles, same as the 8v. Problem was, it was soon apparent they snapped at rather less on the 16v. So interval changed to every 2 years or 20,000 miles.
The cam belt is pretty cheap, the balancer shaft belt less so. If the balancer belt goes, it takes out the cam belt more times than not. I haven't changed the balancer belt in the last 6 cam belt changes - mainly as I removed it and didn't refit it 20 yrs ago. Never noticed any difference in NVH, which was the reason the engine had them designed in a couple of decades after it was first used in a Fiat.
I have the cam belt to change again this year - it's right pain as there isn't enough room, to get it on without some jacking about of the engine in the engine bay - and there isn't a lot of room for that in the first place.
The cam belt is pretty cheap, the balancer shaft belt less so. If the balancer belt goes, it takes out the cam belt more times than not. I haven't changed the balancer belt in the last 6 cam belt changes - mainly as I removed it and didn't refit it 20 yrs ago. Never noticed any difference in NVH, which was the reason the engine had them designed in a couple of decades after it was first used in a Fiat.
I have the cam belt to change again this year - it's right pain as there isn't enough room, to get it on without some jacking about of the engine in the engine bay - and there isn't a lot of room for that in the first place.
