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[hoj]

As mentioned yesterday in a thread car threw the aux belt off and plastic pulley melted.
Towed to garage i have used for 5 or 6 years (but possibly never again) told to ring today
Just rung and new belt pulley and tensioner £185.57 on my way there in a min to pick up and have words me thinks.
I understood at the most a belt would be £20 and pulley WITH tensioner would be about £60 thats £80 plus 5 or 10 mins labour

[rustym95]

its hard to get the bits seperate but i have seen on here some have had to pay more than that.

[Turk]

As mentioned yesterday in a thread car threw the aux belt off and plastic pulley melted.
Towed to garage i have used for 5 or 6 years (but possibly never again) told to ring today
Just rung and new belt pulley and tensioner £185.57 on my way there in a min to pick up and have words me thinks.
I understood at the most a belt would be £20 and pulley WITH tensioner would be about £60 thats £80 plus 5 or 10 mins labour

30 mins possibly, but most have a 1hr minimum charge for labour.

[Elite Pete]

I've never had to buy a complete tensioner only the pulley which is about £25 and a genuine auxiliary belt is £22 with a trade card.

[dbug]

its hard to get the bits seperate but i have seen on here some have had to pay more than that.

No probs getting bits seperately from Vx dealer - tensioner pulley £24 on TC, aux belt £20 on TC.

15 - 30 mins to fit.

[Andy B]

As mentioned yesterday in a thread car threw the aux belt off and plastic pulley melted.
Towed to garage i have used for 5 or 6 years (but possibly never again) told to ring today
Just rung and new belt pulley and tensioner £185.57 on my way there in a min to pick up and have words me thinks.
I understood at the most a belt would be £20 and pulley WITH tensioner would be about £60 thats £80 plus 5 or 10 mins labour

Can I ask which garage hoj? I don't see even Perrys charging that! If I'm going to pay someone to do work for me, I use Knowles St Garage in Radcliffe, it doesn't look much, but Mick is as honest as they come, & the garage has been there for years - passed down from his G/Dad! Make sure you're not on a dead line ....... he can talk & talk & talk & talk     

[Marks DTM Calib]

30-40mins to do the job as you have to pop the air injection pipe off and remove a bolt on the aircon pipes to fit the belt.

25 quid for the belt, 25 quid for the pulley.....so 80-90 quid

My money is on that they have changed the whole tensioner assembly which would add 10 mins or so labour and about 30-40 quid to the part cost.

[Darth Loo-knee]

Seem to remember a few people have paid for the whole tensioner and pulley.....

[Entwood]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

[Darth Loo-knee]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

I am pretty certain Nige your right (although I hate to say it )
If you go and ask for the Climate Bulbs which there are 5... they will tell you there are only 4
Also the V6 thermostats have been changed, the actual thickness where the bolt goes through is far slimmer, so two different bolts are needed. Also the O rings are different. There are two a round O ring plus a square O ring which has dimples around it to hold into position. So you need to make sure when at Vx that your Oring fits the thermostat else a trip back will be needed 

[Pitchfork]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

I am pretty certain Nige your right (although I hate to say it )
If you go and ask for the Climate Bulbs which there are 5... they will tell you there are only 4
Also the V6 thermostats have been changed, the actual thickness where the bolt goes through is far slimmer, so two different bolts are needed. Also the O rings are different. There are two a round O ring plus a square O ring which has dimples around it to hold into position. So you need to make sure when at Vx that your Oring fits the thermostat else a trip back will be needed 

What's a square 'O ring'?

[Darth Loo-knee]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

I am pretty certain Nige your right (although I hate to say it )
If you go and ask for the Climate Bulbs which there are 5... they will tell you there are only 4
Also the V6 thermostats have been changed, the actual thickness where the bolt goes through is far slimmer, so two different bolts are needed. Also the O rings are different. There are two a round O ring plus a square O ring which has dimples around it to hold into position. So you need to make sure when at Vx that your Oring fits the thermostat else a trip back will be needed 

What's a square 'O ring'?

break off Its round but square honestly 

[sparkyw666.]

to sum it up mate they have fitted you a part you dont need . As said before you only needed the pulley not the tensioner. :-(

[Entwood]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

I am pretty certain Nige your right (although I hate to say it )
If you go and ask for the Climate Bulbs which there are 5... they will tell you there are only 4
Also the V6 thermostats have been changed, the actual thickness where the bolt goes through is far slimmer, so two different bolts are needed. Also the O rings are different. There are two a round O ring plus a square O ring which has dimples around it to hold into position. So you need to make sure when at Vx that your Oring fits the thermostat else a trip back will be needed 

What's a square 'O ring'?

Easy peasy ... round in cross-section which is why its called an O-ring .. but square in profile ..

don't yu no nuffin .............

 

[Pitchfork]

Some dealers insist that the whole item only is available ....  until you insist they type the part number of just the pulley into the system ...

They than act very surprised and provide you with just the pulley at the correct price ...

I'm not certain it is deliberate by the parts desk ... it is just the way the "system" works when they click on the picture of the part .....

I am pretty certain Nige your right (although I hate to say it )
If you go and ask for the Climate Bulbs which there are 5... they will tell you there are only 4
Also the V6 thermostats have been changed, the actual thickness where the bolt goes through is far slimmer, so two different bolts are needed. Also the O rings are different. There are two a round O ring plus a square O ring which has dimples around it to hold into position. So you need to make sure when at Vx that your Oring fits the thermostat else a trip back will be needed 

What's a square 'O ring'?

break off Its round but square honestly 

Oxymoron