Cost Of Replaceing A Fanbelt

sunshinegirly

Hi there,

Does anyone know what it should cost me to replace a fanbelt on a 2000 Renault Megane. I haven;t a clue and don't the mechanic charging me through the roof.

Thanks :-)

Henry Ford III

How much have you been quoted by your mechanic?

sunshinegirly

I haven't gone to a mechanic yet.

no1beemerfan

I do stuff like this myself.....its easy enough (if your any way mechanically minded), I pay no more than 20 euro in the motor factors and its replaced in less than half an hour.

If your getting a mechanic to do it get the belt in a motor factors and he souldn't charge more than 30 to 50 to change it.

sunshinegirly

Cool, thanks for that. It's good be informed.

cjt156

Make sure you know what needs to be changed, though. Modern cars don't have fan belts.
Auxilliary belts (that drive the alternator, air-con, power-steering and such) are cheap & easy to change. A timing belt, however, is a different story and can easily cost hundreds to replace.

SV

cjt156 wrote: »

Auxilliary belts (that drive the alternator, air-con, power-steering and such) are cheap & easy to change.

:eek:
don't attempt it on a clio172 whatever ya do!

sunshinegirly

Thanks guys. It's definitely a fanbelt as the AA said so. I'm not going to attempt to do it myself, I have trouble opening a can of beans with my new tin opener!!

Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

Nonoperational

cjt156 wrote: »

Make sure you know what needs to be changed, though. Modern cars don't have fan belts.
Auxilliary belts (that drive the alternator, air-con, power-steering and such) are cheap & easy to change. A timing belt, however, is a different story and can easily cost hundreds to replace.

Lots of people still call aux belts fan belts.

cjt156

gpf101 wrote: »

Lots of people still call aux belts fan belts.

They do, and they're wrong.

Nonoperational

Not really a big issue is it? We all know what belt we're talking about...