Ford B-Max 1.0 Ecoboost timing belt change

[Ecosseven]

Afternoon all,

My mum has a 1.0 Ecoboost B-Max that she has owned since new. It's low mileage but coming up for 10 years old and needs the timing belt done. Her local dealer has quoted £2400 to change the belt which seems ridiculously expensive to me. The dealer is saying they need to remove the engine to change the belt.

Any thoughts or guidance on a reasonable cost would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[HTP99]

Just Googled it out of interest, apparently the engine was designed with the intention of the cambelt never having to be replaced, this was then changed to a 10 year/150,000 mile year replacement cycle but it is a huge job taking 10-12 hours using specialist tools, hence the high cost

[Simon_GH]

Some independent garages are now doing this job for around £1100 including VAT.

[Ecosseven]

Thanks Both. I'll phone around a few places.

[LuS1fer]

Cheapest I saw was for a company doing a full package, in Transits for 850. Others quote far more. My daughter decided against and traded it in on a Vauxhall.