Service Items - Suppliers

[GilesW 41]

GSF, Euro-car parts, carparts4less all seem to be out of stock (of any decent make at least) of XU9J4 cambelt kits & water pumps.

 

However after some googling I've come across Mister-auto.

 

Their web reviews are a bit naff, but prices seem good and all top brand parts are in stock.

 

Anyone had any experience, or any other suppliers people would suggest instead?

 

[welshpug 1,657]

what would you call decent brand?

[Alan77 78 1 Cars]

Mister-auto is fine. Ordered Lemforder, SKF, Walker bits off them no problem...

[GilesW 41]

what would you call decent brand?

Dayco, Gates, SKF, Conti-tech etc.

Basically one I have heard of.

 

I'm sure many are fine, and probably lots of them produced in the same factory and re-branded. But as it's my toy car engine I'd like to get a recognised, as so hopefully quality, parts on there.

 

 

Noted Alan. Sounds worth a go then.

[welshpug 1,657]

gsf are showing the timing stuff on the website, what brand are they saying they are?

[GilesW 41]

Hum.

Can you post a link to what you're looking at Mei?

 

I've just re-checked and against Citroen/bx/1.9/16v they show belts and tensioners available but no kits - which is what I'm after really.

But could be user error on my part.

[welshpug 1,657]

0831 s4 is the kit part number, shown on servicebox.

 

GSF don't show a kit though, I would call or pop into your local branch and ask, or even email them, they are very helpful though sometimes takes a day for a response.

 

I've had some BMW stuff recently that they don't list on the website posted to me FOC direct from a supplier.

 

 

0816 40 is the belt, 0829 20 are the pulleys.

Edited February 5, 2014 by welshpug

[GilesW 41]

Cheers Mei.

 

I'll ask and see what I can from them and how much.

Must admit though that mister-auto prices seem keen to me.

[welshpug 1,657]

Whats the price from them?

[GilesW 41]

Timing kits:

Gates Kit £69

Conti-tech £67

Dayco £108

 

Water pumps

Bolk (whoooooo???) £17

SKF £31

[welshpug 1,657]

hmm, dealer kits are about £110.

 

VTB 645 is the motaquip kit but its not a stocked item any more.

 

 

edit, seems that's just the belt part number

Edited February 5, 2014 by welshpug

[GilesW 41]

A dealer kit being comparable to the above then - it doesn't contain the water pump or any other gaskets/seals/parts?

 

If so Mister-auto is looking pretty good.

Think I'd go for the SKF water pump though as never heard of 'Bolk' and a google of them didn't reveal too much.

[Alan77 78 1 Cars]

Cant really go wrong with SKF. The prices from mister-auto are pretty good for good parts.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Gates make good belts, when my cam seized, instead of snapping the belt or shredding the teeth off it broke the woodruff key part in the cam pulley

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

I have some Pug kits and they come as a Gates kit anyway.

Edited February 5, 2014 by farmer

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Have you tried East Grinsteads branch of CPA (car parts and accessories)? They're Gates stockists.

[S@m 156]

I bought a new Citroen 0831s4 kit last year and the belt was Dayco. The trade price from a dealer is about £85 if you can sweet talk them.

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

45% discount code on my kit for XU9JA.

[GilesW 41]

Have you tried East Grinsteads branch of CPA (car parts and accessories)? They're Gates stockists.

I've got 3 CPA's within 20 minutes of me so I'll give them a call and ask. They're always pretty good actually.

 

I bought a new Citroen 0831s4 kit last year and the belt was Dayco. The trade price from a dealer is about £85 if you can sweet talk them.

I'm at a citroen stealer on Monday getting some warranty issues sorted on my daily, so maybe a good time to ask for a discount (if they think it'll sweaten me up!).

 

Cheers all.

 

I'll report back what I do anyway, just for peoples future info.

[S@m 156]

45% discount code on my kit for XU9JA.

 

I said trade, not cost! All kits are code N as far as i know.

[GilesW 41]

Just an update to end the storey for those that make search in future:

 

I ordered the following from mister uto:

 

Contiech timing belt kit

Valeo water pump

And a man oil filter

 

They had 30% (or something) off the contiech kit (which btw comes with INA tensioners), and also an additional 10% off EVERYTHING if you bought an oil filter.

And free delivery.

 

So the whole lot cost me £91.58 delivered.

It arrived in 4 working days.

 

Very happy. Well packaged. Good prices.

 

 

The end.