tiptoptim
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Car has 115,250 miles on the clock. I am just wondering when the cambelt needs changing?
Also wondering if anyone has had it done on here, and if so how much did it cost you?
Many thanks.
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Greasemonkey
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er if ya dont know when it was done get it done today man, otherwise you will be needing a new engine soon when the one ya got snapps, ya looking at £250 with rollers and tensioner for a 16v
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tiptoptim
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I believe it was done when i bought the car @ 85k. It is a 1.48v. £250, is that vauxhall prices?
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Greasemonkey
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yeah is a vaix price will be half that on a 8v
Need doing ever 35'000 miles on my car, yours wont be too disimilar
[Edited on 27-07-2004 by Greasemonkey]
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tiptoptim
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Cheers mate. I will try to get some prices then.
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
er if ya dont know when it was done get it done today man, otherwise you will be needing a new engine soon when the one ya got snapps, ya looking at £250 with rollers and tensioner for a 16v
do they charge that much to fit them holy crap....
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tiptoptim
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Just got a quote of my local garage to do the job. £50 fited. Sweet!
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mike_1.2LS96
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quote:
Originally posted by tiptoptim
Just got a quote of my local garage to do the job. £50 fited. Sweet!
Cos its such an easy job on 8v engines.
It were £70 on my mates 1.3 16v Toyota.
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Siberia
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i done my 1.2 8v one and the water pump simple enough.
sure a 16V engine just has an extra camshaft..... cant be that much harder..
[Edited on 27-07-2004 by Siberia]
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L330wnz
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mine was done when I bought it and only done 3k since so mines got like 32k left muhahaha  
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tiptoptim
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Alright for some. Happy my engine is still going good at 115k miles!
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L330wnz
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^^ yesh
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tiptoptim
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I must stop driving as much as I do. Putting too many mile on my car. Different subject but whats the max mileage people get out of these engines?? (or is it a stupid question?) Soon as it goes, I will be putting 2ltr in it. It's a good excuse for 1.
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Greasemonkey
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£250 is what i was quoted at my local main dealer, all parts needes fitted, Fook that i do it me self now
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tiptoptim
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but for £50. I will give it to him to do it. It is his son who is doing it for me as he works for vauxhall as a machanic there.
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L330wnz
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Kris... Sport/GSi's.. wots the max mileage u reckon? If looked after proper..!
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Greasemonkey
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well i would say they are gonna need at least valve stem seals at 110'000. these engines get driven hard, i have seen them with 150'000 on em though.
Always good re-building ya engine cos then ya know whats what and you can look after it from the off
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L330wnz
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cool  yes rebuilding is kool but I doubt I'll ave my lil corsa at 150k
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tiptoptim
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Well it is on 115,250 miles. I have just changed spark plugs and ht leads, as it was misfiring a good un over the weekend. I do a oil change every 6k. So it should be ok?
Is the valve stern seals something I can do or is it a garage job? Are parts availiable as if so my local garage will fit it for me.
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
£250 is what i was quoted at my local main dealer, all parts needes fitted, Fook that i do it me self now
yeah when i asked around on here poele said havx charge about that, int he end my local garage did it for 150 with genuine vaux parts but that was cause it was already in for a service and MOT on top of that
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Greasemonkey
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well mine had done 101'000 when i rebuilt it, got 6500miles on the new block
[Edited on 27-07-2004 by Greasemonkey]
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L330wnz
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mines done 59k on original block but think its mis-firing like a good un too  and I'm a novice with engines!
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Greasemonkey
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Missfire could be lambda sensor or collant temp sensor me thinks, tis ok the milage i wrote down above didnt work out lol
[Edited on 27-07-2004 by Greasemonkey]
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L330wnz
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^^
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