Purrfect Auto Went for Timing Belt change ,car went noisy afterwards they blamed faulty TB cover, I bought new cover still noisy blamed belt tensioner. Torrance California

other brands like Toyota will just stop you where you are without any engine damage.

My 4 cyl Toy is about $300 for a timing belt every 75K, except when the water pump started to leak at 310K. Then a timing belt, water pump, etc. were $500. Not cheap either way.

Never an issue with the cover. Never any noises, either. So $170 for a timing belt would sound pretty good... if y'all pardon the expression.

It's a good idea to change the tensioner at the same time as the timing belt, along with the water pump and possibly the camshaft seals. They all wear out at the same rate, are all in the same area, and the labor will only be paid once instead of three times.

The labor is why they want more money, they have to take everything apart again. Why didn't they simply remove the cover to see if it stll made noise, before they changed out the cover? Shoddy workmanship to be sure, unless you insisted they do it that way.

Go somewhere else and have the noise resolved because if your timing belt fails, it will likely cause expensive damage to the engine.

A proper timing belt job should include a new tensioner and new water pump (if driven by the timing belt). The cost of these parts and the labor time required varies widely from car to car. Anyone who puts out a coupon quoting a flat price to replace the timing belt without specifying what kind of car it is is just trying to sucker people in.