On 28/02/2020 15:40, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:
That would have traded out at about £2 with a new cambelt and dealers
guarantee.

Dealer charge for a cam belt/water pump job on a Ford Fiesta is around
£800! Anyone care to buy a low mileage 10 year old Zetec?

Odd, isn't it? When they first arrived they were little different to a fan
belt to change.

Think there's a Ferrari which gets the award, though. Engine out job for a
routine cam belt change.

That was because they didn't have a stonking great engine mount in the
middle and the engines were of non-interference
type....interference..nudge nudge...cock in the arse..nudge nudge...tee hee