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Author How much is a new timing belt?
westsidecorsa
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17th Jul 04 at 18:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am buying a corsa B 1.6 next wek, shud be slightly different to my 1.0 12v! Anyway, the garage dont know when the timing belt was last changed so i figure its probably a good idea to get this changed as i hear it can do some pretty bad damage if it snaps!
How much am i looking at roughly to get it changed?

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fax2004
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17th Jul 04 at 18:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
About 100 quid at a backstreet garage. Make sure you get the rollers and tensioners changed tho, cos its those that fail on the ecotec
westsidecorsa
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17th Jul 04 at 18:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right, do you think its worth getting it done? the cars done 63K and i dunno when it was last changed. Thanks for the info fax2004!
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17th Jul 04 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yea, get it changed if you don't know the age of the current gear. The 16v engines are known to be a bit grey in that area, and it could be a new engine job if it were to break......
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Get it done as soon as you get it. My sis has a Tigra with the ecotec in it, it had a belt at 40,000 and the rollers failed at 49,000 but somehow didnt throw the belt off. Unbelievably lucky, but still cost 450 to fix at a local garage!
westsidecorsa
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17th Jul 04 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh god! right thats the first job on the list then! thanks for the help guys!

 
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