Belt replacement on a 2.4 JTD

Hi,

My car recently had it 120.000 km service.
Besides the regular maintenance, the garage also replaced the
distribution belt (as I'm from the dutch-speaking part of Belgium, I
don't know if this is the right english word) and the alternator belt.
Both belts needed replacement according to the maintenance scheme
described in the manual.

Parts and work costed me about 600 Euros (TAV 21 % included). Work was
about 100 Euros.

I'm just wondering if this is the normal rate for this kind of work.
First of all in Belgium to have some comparision but info from other
countries is also welcome.

Parts included the "belt", the "fixed belt spanner ???" and a "belt
spanner ???". For the dutch speaking among us, "riem", "vaste
riemspanner" en "riemspanner".

Regards,
Jos.

Jos,

> My car recently had it 120.000 km service.
> Parts and work costed me about 600 Euros (TAV 21 % included). Work was
> about 100 Euros.

Is this a 156 or a 166?

I'm also from Belgium and driving a 156 2.4 JTD. I have 73.000 km, and the
dealer said replacing the timing belt will be done at 100.000 km.

A lot of the regular readers here are from the UK. Apparently timing belts
are replaced there at 36.000 miles, which is 60.000 km. I expect you'll get
a lot of reponses about how lucky you are the belt didn't break before it
was replaced. I've seen *a lot* of messages about broken belts lately. My
dealers insists of replacing mine at 100.000 km, since that Alfa's policy in
Belgium.

From reading this newsgroup, I understand the price you payed is actually
low compared to regular prices in the UK. I don't know about Belgium (but I
will find out in a year or so).

BTW, where are you located?

Steven

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Steven,

It's a 166, newly bought and 3 years old next januari.
Mostly highway kilometers at 140 km/h (without being flashed :-) )
between "Tongeren" (where I live) and the triangle "Leuven - Brussel -
Mechelen".

You can contact me directly at my e-mail adress (if you want) for
information not so relevant inside this newsgroup.

Jos.


Steven Spits wrote:
> Jos,
>
>
>>My car recently had it 120.000 km service.
>>Parts and work costed me about 600 Euros (TAV 21 % included). Work was
>>about 100 Euros.
>
>
> Is this a 156 or a 166?
>
> I'm also from Belgium and driving a 156 2.4 JTD. I have 73.000 km, and the
> dealer said replacing the timing belt will be done at 100.000 km.
>
> A lot of the regular readers here are from the UK. Apparently timing belts
> are replaced there at 36.000 miles, which is 60.000 km. I expect you'll get
> a lot of reponses about how lucky you are the belt didn't break before it
> was replaced. I've seen *a lot* of messages about broken belts lately. My
> dealers insists of replacing mine at 100.000 km, since that Alfa's policy in
> Belgium.
>
> From reading this newsgroup, I understand the price you payed is actually
> low compared to regular prices in the UK. I don't know about Belgium (but I
> will find out in a year or so).
>
> BTW, where are you located?
>
> Steven
>
> - - -
>
>

60.000km is for the 16V TS 4-cylinder petrol (benzine) engines!
--
Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000) (soon: GT 2.0JTS)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"Steven Spits" > schreef in bericht
t.net...
> Jos,
>
>> My car recently had it 120.000 km service.
>> Parts and work costed me about 600 Euros (TAV 21 % included). Work was
>> about 100 Euros.
>
> Is this a 156 or a 166?
>
> I'm also from Belgium and driving a 156 2.4 JTD. I have 73.000 km, and the
> dealer said replacing the timing belt will be done at 100.000 km.
>
> A lot of the regular readers here are from the UK. Apparently timing belts
> are replaced there at 36.000 miles, which is 60.000 km. I expect you'll
> get a lot of reponses about how lucky you are the belt didn't break before
> it was replaced. I've seen *a lot* of messages about broken belts lately.
> My dealers insists of replacing mine at 100.000 km, since that Alfa's
> policy in Belgium.
>
> From reading this newsgroup, I understand the price you payed is actually
> low compared to regular prices in the UK. I don't know about Belgium (but
> I will find out in a year or so).
>
> BTW, where are you located?
>
> Steven
>
> - - -
>
>

I think the parts replaced, other than the belts, are the tensioners.

Malcolm Osborne
South Africa
156 2.0 TS
(1999 - 212 000Km and counting!)

"be037446" > wrote in message
i.nl...
> Hi,
>
> My car recently had it 120.000 km service.
> Besides the regular maintenance, the garage also replaced the distribution
> belt (as I'm from the dutch-speaking part of Belgium, I don't know if this
> is the right english word) and the alternator belt. Both belts needed
> replacement according to the maintenance scheme described in the manual.
>
> Parts and work costed me about 600 Euros (TAV 21 % included). Work was
> about 100 Euros.
>
> I'm just wondering if this is the normal rate for this kind of work. First
> of all in Belgium to have some comparision but info from other countries
> is also welcome.
>
> Parts included the "belt", the "fixed belt spanner ???" and a "belt
> spanner ???". For the dutch speaking among us, "riem", "vaste riemspanner"
> en "riemspanner".
>
> Regards,
> Jos.
>