A2driver
Member
Just changed both cambelts yesterday and the write-up from A2OC was very helpful. Not that much of a difficult job although the exhaust cambelt is a bit fiddly. The advice to index mark the cam sprockets was really useful as they do move one the connecting belt is removed.
One thing I did notice is that all the tensioners were in perfect working order and my cam belt was just starting to show signs of age (few micro cracks). I did fit the new tensioners as they'd only sit on the shelf but I would've quite happily left the old ones on.
My car has done 93300 miles and I have been keeping an eye on the belt periodically for some time now.
One job I didn't do was the water pump as it was too cold and I wanted to come in and warm up as quickly as possible -has anyone had one fail or is it considered a good 'while you're in there job'?
One thing I did notice is that all the tensioners were in perfect working order and my cam belt was just starting to show signs of age (few micro cracks). I did fit the new tensioners as they'd only sit on the shelf but I would've quite happily left the old ones on.
My car has done 93300 miles and I have been keeping an eye on the belt periodically for some time now.
One job I didn't do was the water pump as it was too cold and I wanted to come in and warm up as quickly as possible -has anyone had one fail or is it considered a good 'while you're in there job'?