Clio (182)- repeated change of Aux belt kit- is this right?

[Bugeyeandy]

Renault recommend the aux belt is replaced every time the cambelt is removed.

As the cambelt was removed to do the water pump, makes sense the aux belt was replaced again. Shame the owner didn't get the water pump replaced at the same time as the cambelt was done 1st time round, would have save a few hundred quid!

I'd take it as a sign that servicing on this car hasn't been done on the cheap.

[Bugeyeandy]

Does sounds a little odd, maybe it was just the car wasn't used over winter and they found the water pump was noisy when they started using it again. If it was mine i'd have paid to have the water pump done 1st time round regardless. Not worth risking sods law and having it need doing later.

[faboka]

He mentions just the aux belt being changed in November the the aux kit being replaced in April.

Aux belt needs replacing every 36k. Aux belt and pulleys (kit) need changing ever 72k (or 5 years)

Does seem a little odd.

[shalmaneser]

Why worry about it?

It's had the cambelt, waterpump and aux belt and tensioners replaced by the sounds of it. It's not exactly an expensive car anyway?

[loose cannon]

Water pump isn't driven by the cam belt on a 182 it's driven by the accessories belt and that belt has to be replaced along with it's tensioner everytime it's removed for what ever reason .they also should be changed every 36k as stated above

[Johnnytheboy]

hora said:

So basically someone didnt change the water pump- was prompted by someone/it started making noises (or it failed) hence it was replaced.

This - first trip was scheduled cam belt change. Second trip was to replace water pump which went unexpectedly, as they do. It certainly wouldn't have occured to me to change the water pump for the hell of it when I did the cam belt on mine - if I'd got to that mileage.

[loose cannon]

on most of the renault engines if the aux belt jumps for any reason, it wraps around the bottom pulley and takes out the cambelt causing a right mess, hence why renault state replacing the aux belt and tensioners when anything is replaced which warrantes removing the aux belt,