Cambelt

[Ninja]

How much to get my cambelt done at a garage roughly? I don't think it's somehting I should risk myslef.

Also, what's the best way to see if your cambelt needs changing? Mine looks fine, although I have no idea what I'm looking for other than obvious things like small tears etc.

Any advice would be much appreciated, cheers.

[DarnPB]

Cam belts can look ok, even with some mileage on them. They should be changed at about 50k-60k miles. If yours is perishing, ditch it quick. If you don't know the history of your car, then changing the belt is a sensible thing to do.
The kit can cost about £30. The labour will be about two hours at a garage at between £25-£50 per hour depending on where you go. The dealers will be consierably more.

[Jay]

Like DPB said, the kit is cheap and if you can find someone that can do it for beer token  

It's always been a job I want to try, but on the GTD it's a bit more complicated because the fuel injection pump runs off the cambelt so I've got to time the engine correctly and the pump accordingly with 'special' tools and gauges... 

[Ben Lessani]

As long as you mark up thoroughly before hand - you can't really go wrong - its a pretty straightforward job.

You've got to get yourself on the DIY ladder sooner or later, may as well start now