Rob H
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40k is the norm for cam belts on Vauxhalls .
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Ditch it wont cost that much for cambelt change, cud be dun early hours of sat morn and you have the rest of the weekend with it
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Rob H
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quote: Originally posted by Evisu
Ditch it wont cost that much for cambelt change, cud be dun early hours of sat morn and you have the rest of the weekend with it
Shouldnt take long really, but remeber the tensioner may need doing too .
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
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quote: Originally posted by Evisu
Ditch it wont cost that much for cambelt change, cud be dun early hours of sat morn and you have the rest of the weekend with it
Oooo good thinking batman, only took about 2/3 hours for the vaux monkeys to change it on my old corsa.
Shall look into this now!
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MatthewR
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mine only took 2 hours and that was with T.S motorsport in bushey, do u know the one armed dude? fury or something that works there?
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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sorry i meant plugs rather than leads OOPS!!!
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Resonant Corsa
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Registered: 17th Oct 04
Location: northampton
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they say 60k for a 8v and 40k for a 16v id change the rollers and tensioner as well tho for peice of mind mate
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myke
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and water pump while the belt is off.
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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plugs every 2k? whats the point.
oil every 2k, perhaps on a massive spec engine but not an ordinary XE
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