MickHarris Posted 14, April 2019 Report Share Posted 14, April 2019 Hi, My wife and I bought a low mileage 2013 GT220 about a year back and love the car. We bought it at 30,000km and took it in for a factory service upon purchase. Its just clicked over to 40,000km and is just over 5 years old. Due to its low mileage I was keen to just do oils and filter changes myself and pickup the timing belt at a dealer service at the 50,000km mark. Any advice on this ? Also - I had bought 5-40 Penrite oil and oil filter from Bursons but reading some threads on here it seems heavily focused on using Elf oil. Should i abandon my oil and run factory. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted 14, April 2019 Report Share Posted 14, April 2019 (edited) The timing belt is absolutely due. Do it now (water pump included). Don’t use a dealer, find an independent specialist if you’re not game to do it yourself. There is no Renault factory in oz, so you can only dealer services - they’re not Renault people, just a franchise that’s done some training. Dealers are not awesome for quality or value - there are many reasons for this that’s a longer conversation... Penrite is ok, not the best not the worst (assuming hpr full synthetic). Shell Helix Ultra 5/40 is better and similar prices (better base stock). Elf is good but not magic sauce - any good quality synthetic 5/40 meeting the RN0710 spec is fine - it’s a pretty conventional and robust engine. A good A3/B4 spec will do it. What brand of oil filter? The OE supplier Purflux makes the best and they’re no dearer than a shitty Chinese ryco... Call Parts of France in Ringwood Melbourne to have one (and timing kit and pump) posted to you. Edited 14, April 2019 by Haakon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttimbo Posted 14, April 2019 Report Share Posted 14, April 2019 @MickHarris, welcome!Where are you located? There are some good specialist garages around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted 15, April 2019 Report Share Posted 15, April 2019 Agree that the belts and tensioners need to be done at five years. There are actually a couple of half decent service dealers in Melbourne. Have heard good things about Richmond and Essendon. Both do plenty of work on RS models. Worth getting a quote from either of these to compare with specialists such as Virage in South Melbourne or Alpine Affair in Ringwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickHarris Posted 16, April 2019 Author Report Share Posted 16, April 2019 I'm from Belgrave, Vic. I made inquires with Alpine Affair today so will likely take it there for a service and timing belt. Out of interest is the GT220 a free spinning engine in the event the belt breaks or will valves bend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttimbo Posted 16, April 2019 Report Share Posted 16, April 2019 I'm from Belgrave, Vic. I made inquires with Alpine Affair today so will likely take it there for a service and timing belt. Out of interest is the GT220 a free spinning engine in the event the belt breaks or will valves bend?Alas, valves will bend, inter alia [emoji22] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt205 Posted 16, April 2019 Report Share Posted 16, April 2019 There would be very few free spinning engines these days given emissions v. performance requirements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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