Well I never.

[Gwagon111]

I took my trusty Honda Accord in for an annual service yesterday. I asked the guys at the garage how much it would be for a cam belt change. After much guffawing, they pointed out it has a cam chain. I guess that's a nice surprise .

[Luke.]

How devastatingly embarrassing for you.

[danjama]

Gwagon111 said:

I took my trusty Honda Accord in for an annual service yesterday. I asked the guys at the garage how much it would be for a cam belt change. After much guffawing, they pointed out it has a cam chain. I guess that's a nice surprise .

So, did you ask them what happened to the belt that the chain replaced?

[Gwagon111]

danjama said:

So, did you ask them what happened to the belt that the chain replaced?

I asked them if I needed to change the air in my tyres. The look on their faces was just spectacular .

[anonymous-user]

I hate to use this one, but...

Cool story bro.

[fredbrad]

Gwagon111 said:

I took my trusty Honda Accord in for an annual service yesterday. I asked the guys at the garage how much it would be for a cam belt change. After much guffawing, they pointed out it has a cam chain. I guess that's a nice surprise .

Not such good news as you might think. Cam chains have to be changed at some time - possibly more expensive than a belt.
We have a 1.6 FSI Golf which has a stretched cam chain and knackered tensioner at 80000 miles.

[Little Lofty]

Gwagon111 said:

I asked them if I needed to change the air in my tyres. The look on their faces was just spectacular .

Actually I'm surprised the stealers haven't started charging for this.Yes Madam, we recommend you change the air every 2 years, that will be £10 per tyre, thankyou for your custom

[eltax91]

fredbrad said:

Not such good news as you might think. Cam chains have to be changed at some time - possibly more expensive than a belt.
We have a 1.6 FSI Golf which has a stretched cam chain and knackered tensioner at 80000 miles.

At this mileage that must be an inherent design fault? The MiL's Almera has a stretched chain, common fault apparently. It's on 50k miles.

That said, not much more to change than a belt. I'm getting the MiL's done for £410 including the oil/ filter change that's required.

[gamefreaks]

Little Lofty said:

Actually I'm surprised the stealers haven't started charging for this.Yes Madam, we recommend you change the air every 2 years, that will be £10 per tyre, thankyou for your custom

Don't some places fill the tyres with nitrogen and then charge you for the gas?

[shoehorn]

fredbrad said:

Not such good news as you might think. Cam chains have to be changed at some time - possibly more expensive than a belt.
We have a 1.6 FSI Golf which has a stretched cam chain and knackered tensioner at 80000 miles.

Its a new trend from Germany,cheap timing chains.
BMW,Mercedes and VAG cars are all suffering.
As is the BMW/PSA co-developed engine(hpt/VTI) for the Mini and Peugeot 208-308.

BMW seem to have the lions share of the problems at the moment,they know it but they refuse to admit it.

[A9XXC]

Not new, daughters 2.2 Astra Coupe snapped its chain a while ago, although I suspect the tensioner failed first.