Any idea how much it's gonna cost to get a Y plate almera 1.5 camchain
done?

The tensioner is sticking out 12mm, so it's streched to death, engine
light is on and it's hesitant as hell.

I'm not even going to think about doing it myself..


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"Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce (AT) spam (DOT) vlaad.co.uk> wrote

It is listed as a 3.9 hour job, the sump comes off, front head bolts out. I
agree, it looks like a horrible job.

In article <x9sVh.38752$aB1.27947 (AT) fe3 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com (MrCheerful) wrote:

so that's £300 before I even get the parts paid for!

Lets hope the NEW camchain lasts more than 43,000 miles.

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"Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce (AT) spam (DOT) vlaad.co.uk> wrote

There was a recall or work-under-warranty job on these where the tensioners
were duff and allowed the chain to flap and stretch.

Other than that, they require regular fresh oil 6 monthly. By the mileage on
your car, it could have spent all its life popping to the shops and back??

Tim..

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That's a stupidly short life for a camchain in a car. Serviced regularly is
it? I've known bikes to go a lot longer on a camchain.

In article <icydnZB7XoWturrbRVnysAA (AT) bt (DOT) com>,
the.farm.no (AT) spam (DOT) btinternet.com (Tim..) wrote:

This was apparently done, but it's showing all the symptoms of a
streched cam-chain. I'm not paying the cost of a new engine to have
this one fixed, I'll have it replaced with a recon diesel instead.

I trust Diesel! This Petrol stuff is way too complex for me.

Yeah, until I bought it and put 5000 miles on it in three months.

It has had regular 5w40 every six months though, and he previous owner
was my father-in-law, so I know it's been treated properly.

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I've just had an estimate for the job with a Nissan garage and they say
£700 - £750. Maybe more depending what they find when its stripped down (may
need new tensioners and sprockets etc).
Apparently, its British made chains which are affected but nissan won't
admit theres a problem so loads of people are having to fork out for the new
chains. Google it and you'll come up with loads of info.

"Rob" <robert.jankowski (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote

Nissan are being very very tight with warranty claims at the moment; mainly
due to the poor build quality of the Renault sourced components. You can
google that too!

Tim.
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In article <4UMVh.18295$N94.8009 (AT) newsfe4-gui (DOT) ntli.net>,
robert.jankowski (AT) virgin (DOT) net (Rob) wrote:

I'm lucky... it's the tensioner, which HASN'T been replaced under
warranty, so it will be. I have to pay £130 for a service...

Works for me.

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"gazzafield" <rufty_tufty_hoolythug (AT) nospam (DOT) thankyou.says_I.ko> wrote in
message news:5tKdnZPQHeX-o7rbRVnyggA (AT) pipex (DOT) net...
Cam chain nissans are a joke. Some Micra's were fitted with sub standard
batch of chains.....


BMW's and Saabs I've had do 200K+ on the original chain - infact they're
designed to last the life of the car....I've certainly never had to change
one.