eazy187
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Registered: 10th Aug 06
Location: Inverness Drives:Focus/Firestorm
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...according to haynes manual. should i expect it to go bang soon  ?
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Dan.H
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Registered: 2nd Sep 07
Location: middlesbrough
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yes
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eazy187
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Registered: 10th Aug 06
Location: Inverness Drives:Focus/Firestorm
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 will i get any warning or will it just go?
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Gibbon
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Registered: 16th Jul 07
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Depends, my corsa went untill 70k untill i changed the timing belt. I have a mate who had his corsa untill 89k on the factory one.
But iv had a few mates whos have gone at 40k, and I think theres one lower.
If it snaps, you'll get no warning and it will (probably) ruin your engine, depending on how fast your going.
But regardless; it will cost you a fair bit.
It cost me £70 to get mine done... £70? or paying for a new engine/car?
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eazy187
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yeah but yours was a belt - i think the chain costs a few hundred to get done, engines fuct anyway its chewed another AFM and a new one hasnt sorted it
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Gibbon
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ahh sorry, I only thought the 1.0 12v's were chain driven. Didn't now you could get chain driven 16v's?
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eazy187
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yeah the 1.0 and 1.2 are identical exept for an extra cylinder on the 1.2
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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expensive
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
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I wouldn't want to be the one changing it either  . Heard they are a pain in the arse to do.
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eazy187
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ay i looked in the manual would do it my self but looks too hard
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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warren.g does a lovely job on changing the chains. . .except you are at the complete other end of the country.
They aren't a pain in the arse, if you have the chain joiner that Vauxhall have, which, means you simply join the new chain to old, and feed it through. BUT most small garages don't have this tool, so they have to take the engine apart and what not.
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eazy187
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ay but your meant to change tensioners and water pump as well i thought
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Simon_16v
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Registered: 14th Aug 06
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My 1.2 8v is on 98k and still havent changed my belt lol
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ad-sport
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Registered: 16th May 07
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you shouldnt have to change the chain unless its noisey thats the idea behind them, maintainance free! if you want 2 for the sake off it you could change it, wont have to do the tensioner or w/p tho
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eazy187
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well it is a bit rattely (sp) at idle
just cant justify spending money on it cause of the AFM problem
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deano87
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The changing of the chain is scheduled for 100k miles.
They are known to get noisy before then. Both the 12v and 1.2 16v Corsa C's had recalls on the chains, but Corsa B's didn't. The rattliness is all to do with the tensioner. Warren G says that fitting a new tensioner solves the problem of the rattly chain BUT involves a lot more work than just putting a new chain in. Which is what I've had done.
I'm 99.9% sure other stuff doesn't need changing as well - Warren never mentioned it when doing mine 
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Joe
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Water pump is not driven by the timing chain on these so you would not need to replace it.
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