Bought a 51 plate from honda in glasgow just under 3 months, then last week i got the clicking noise which turned out to be the chain tensioner. So i went to honda yesterday and was told it was just one of those things. Even thought the car was serviced by them before i bought it, so i was wondering if it should have showed up when they serviced it and if the chain would need changed or they are just trying to rob me !! please help

 

The chain is meant to last the life of the engine. Get a TCT from Hardtopguy and fit it yourself. That's what I'll be doing before long.

 

If it's 3 months since you bought from a dealer, is it not under warranty?

I can tell you my bill for a broken cam chain is looking to be about

 

Everyone says its an easy fix, but the mechanic at honda said you have to remove the airbox. I think most of the cost is labour on the job but im going to phone back and do battle i think honda should pick up the bill for this one !!

 

TCT Replacement

If you do a search on here it's very rare you'll come back with anything suggesting that the chain itself would need replacing.

Think everyone was shocked when that happened to Dembo's.

I dunno. Most people don't listen to Honda when it comes to replacing things.

I was quoted

 

Honda told me the same job needed to be done on My old lump before it died (nothing to do with chain)

They quoted me more than

 

Now that if funny, it is so easy a child could replace it!! im not having a laugh at your expence but please read the faq and never belive what a stealer tells you!!!

 

[QUOTE=s2000tim,Jul 1 2009, 12:20 PM] Honda told me the same job needed to be done on My old lump before it died (nothing to do with chain)

They quoted me more than

 

Removing the airbox takes the best part of 4 mins

 

i thought as much, i asked was the price so high because they wanted to change the chain and was told no it would be easy to do that because they had to strip that portion of the engine anyway. Its probably