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Omega Gallery / Re: My new omega
« on: 14 February 2015, 02:56:55 »
Very nice
Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Does the car have to be moving to hear it, or does it make the noise when stationary?
Hi,
Not too sure if this is the right way to enter a post but I'm quite unfamiliar with the routine. In any event I am in the process of changing the cam belt on my 2003 2.6 following alternator failure and a trip home courtesy of the AA. Having already decided to change the belt (129,000 miles and no idea when or if the belt has been changed before), I purchased the OOF dvd on the subject some while ago (an excellent and down-to-earth treatise of the procedure complete with domestic noises off and occasional low-flying aircraft) and also a cambelt kit as recommended. Now, this was purchased online from an outfit purporting to deal exclusively in Vauxhall parts, so despite the fact that the cambelt kit was manufactured by SKF (a name usually commensurate with quality) and that all the component parts appeared to be identical with those described in the dvd, I was not unduly concerned. The new tensioner base plate was identically marked ('6B') as the original. All went well until it came to the actual fitting of the belt. New alternator, water pump and tensioner fitted OK although I felt that a course in gynaecology would be appropriate where fitting the alternator top bolt is concerned. The belt was marked as per the dvd so I started to thread it (cams locked as described using the same Laser kit) ensuring that the double line was lined up with marks on the crankshaft. Fine. Following the dvd and threading the belt over the left hand side was successful with the marks lining up with the TDC indicators on the cams. Then woe. There is no way. I repeat, no way that the marks on the belt will now line up with the TDC marks on cams 3 & 4. They are about an inch short. No matter what I do, I cannot improve on this. I have checked the belt length against the original and it matches. As far as I can see, the marks on the original belt appear to be further apart than on the new one. Also, the new belt appear to be slightly thinner and less robust than the original. It looks like I either have the wrong belt or something is wrong with the markings. I can make the belt fit but am reluctant to do so owing to the importance of getting the tensions right. By the way, neither my original nor new lower idler rollers have a tension adjustment, unlike that in the dvd. Am I missing something here or should I cut my losses and obtain a new belt?
With appreciation for any sympathy or abuse as appropriate,
Grahamff
Very nice, how do you fill the oil with the Vectra cam covers....?