Timing Belt vs Timing Chain in Hamilton: What’s the Real Difference? So you’ve probably heard your mechanic or someone down at the pub mention timing belts and timing chains before—but what’s the actual difference, and why does it matter for your average driver around...
About Cambelts: Your vehicle’s cambelt is a critical component of the engine, responsible for synchronizing the movements of the camshaft and crankshaft. It ensures that the engine’s valves open and close at the right times, allowing fuel and air to enter...
What is variable valve timing? Variable valve timing (or VVT) is a feature that is present in almost every modern engine. It changes the way your engine’s valves open and close, allowing for better engine performance, reduced emissions and increased fuel...
What does the cambelt do? The cambelt (or timing belt) is an important engine component in many vehicles. Its role is to keep the engine’s camshaft and crankshaft in time with each other, allowing the engine to run correctly. Learn more about the cambelt >...
What does the timing chain do? Most cars have either a timing chain or a cambelt / timing belt. The timing chain is a metal chain, located inside the engine. Unlike the cambelt / timing belt, the timing chain doesn’t need to be replaced every 100,000 km....
The cambelt (or timing belt) is often overlooked by vehicle owners. However, it is very important that you keep track of when your cambelt was last changed. Learn more about cambelts below. What does a cambelt / timing belt do? The rubber cambelt / timing...
Reviews Section
Grimmer Motors Ltd
4.7
Paul Johns
Booked the ol' Fuga in for a service this week. I dropped it off early to take advantage of the free clean and asked if I could have it ready at 3 pm. The service went well and they...
pointed out things that would need attention in the future. I like the introduction of the vehicle service and repair log book. Which has all my previous services and fix ups recorded in it. And the Fuga was freshly
cleaned and ready at 3pm, like they said. Thanks Team
Cinn Thornton
The team at Grimmer Motors are very friendly and have awesome customer service. My car needed scan as flashing light on dash. The problem was identified , easy to ...understand explanation given and quote for fix provided. Thanks team.
Pip Six
Awesome service. They communicated really well with me about what was going on and then fixed a few extras on the same day I took my van in. A great place.
Lincoln Fernandes
Fast easy reliable and much cheaper compared to dealerships
Hamish O'neill
Great customer service, good communication and works done on time. Thanks Grimmers
Sarah Bowers
Love leaving our car(s) in the friendly and capable hands at Grimmer Motors. Everything from drop off, reception, communication and the work done is of a high standard... and much apprecaited. Another happy customer - thanks Grimmers.