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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: scottambrose on 08 August 2012, 21:46:50
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Cant see any receipt.of.a belt.change since.40k on my.mv6 it now on 110k I can get a agtes kit cheap from work nut can anyone recommend someone to fit it, im not confident enough to try myself
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where in Devon are you?
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Tiverton mate
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poor you living there ;D
I know of a good garage(if theres such a thing!) just outside of Plymouth fairly reasonable to :y
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no one round here seems to want to touch it other than the dealer who have quoted 396 all in. so may have to bite the bullet.
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Try a PM to JamesV6cdx, he lives in Gloucester but travels all over the country, He is highly recommended on here and has done mine, top bloke
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Hi Mate,
Where's the decent garage nr Plymouth. Only in Kingsbridge and a new omega owner, would be handy to know (though seems right as rain at the minute- famous last words...)
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poor you living there ;D
I know of a good garage(if theres such a thing!) just outside of Plymouth fairly reasonable to :y
Just outside Plymouth? Which one is that then Ian?
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it's called euro service by lee mill just behind the jet garage. its owned by my bosses brother and he is a great mechanic, if there are jobs I can't do he will do it and at a good rate to. I'll pm you his number if you want just tell him Ian at big pine recomended you he should look after you.
hope this helps :)
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well going to get the dealer to do it as there only a 2 min walk from my work 390inc vat for fixed price so i asked the guy is there any hidden charges etc he said no but if we find oil leaks from the camseal or rocker covers or the waterpump pulley has a play etc it could be more. i told him i can change the waterpump and rockwer gaskets etc i just dont have confidence to time the belts up. and im buggered if im paying another 100 or so quid to have them do the pump when i can do that for free. he didnt seem to impressed. so hopefully they wont try pulling a fast one.
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well going to get the dealer to do it as there only a 2 min walk from my work 390inc vat for fixed price so i asked the guy is there any hidden charges etc he said no but if we find oil leaks from the camseal or rocker covers or the waterpump pulley has a play etc it could be more. i told him i can change the waterpump and rockwer gaskets etc i just dont have confidence to time the belts up. and im buggered if im paying another 100 or so quid to have them do the pump when i can do that for free. he didnt seem to impressed. so hopefully they wont try pulling a fast one.
that is mega money..and no new water pump......daylight robbery,,,have you pm james
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That is way too much money to pay out for just the belt/tensioner kit being replaced. :o
As advised give either James V6 or Darth a pm ...they will do it properly and for considerably less than that imho :y
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that does include parts also
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Gates or Conti kits work out around £100 and for a decent mechanic around 3 hours work maximum, so still typical dealer rates for dubious quality work. >:(
Seriously get one of the trusted mechanics of the forum to price the job for you. :y
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just waiting back for a reply from james
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He,s your man...sure he will do you a much better deal than that garage and it will be fitted correctly :y
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sorry, been working away.... if you can get the part at short notice, I can fit you in Monday! :y
Price and further info sent by PM. It will cost you around half of that garages quote ;D :y
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it's called euro service by lee mill just behind the jet garage. its owned by my bosses brother and he is a great mechanic, if there are jobs I can't do he will do it and at a good rate to. I'll pm you his number if you want just tell him Ian at big pine recomended you he should look after you.
hope this helps :)
That the same place that does Citroens? If so had dealings with them in the past and was very pleased with them.
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sorry, been working away.... if you can get the part at short notice, I can fit you in Monday! :y
Price and further info sent by PM. It will cost you around half of that garages quote ;D :y
this mans a legand hes coming today to do the job and like he said bloody cheaper than vx wanted and he will do it right.
this forum is a god send.
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James is definitely the man for the job, really knows his stuff :y
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Don,t go giving garages your money ;D when you can get it done properly on this forum.
Well done James :y
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hopefully hes going to post some pics up later but lets just say vauxhall did a crap job last time and james said im lucky to not have bent valves
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So spent less money and got the job done properly ;D ..sounds like a result :y
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Yep, I will post up some pics later..
Given the last cambelt was done by a VX dealer, it was an utter disgrace.. >:(
My first thoughts when I saw how far out the cams were when the crank was at TDC, were "how the break is this thing even running" :-X
All timed up to perfection now and running sweetly. I bet you that flat spot will disappear now, scott!! :y
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Runs sweet now thanks mate your,a star
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Yep, I will post up some pics later..
Given the last cambelt was done by a VX dealer, it was an utter disgrace.. >:(
My first thoughts when I saw how far out the cams were when the crank was at TDC, were "how the break is this thing even running" :-X
All timed up to perfection now and running sweetly. I bet you that flat spot will disappear now, scott!! :y
bet you glad you never went there ;D ;D
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Runs sweet now thanks mate your,a star
Has the flat spot / hesitation gone? :y
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Yer its lovely and smooth now mate can yoi pit.them pics.up so I can see how.bad.it.was
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Yer its lovely and smooth now mate can yoi pit.them pics.up so I can see how.bad.it.was
Will do (as soon as I can locate the USB cable for my camera phone) ;D :y :y
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honestly, these vx dealers get worse. i like the ''if we find any oil leaks it will be more'' lol wtf has oil leaks got to do with a cambelt change!
fekkin retards
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Mine is due soon and dealer is quoting £265 all in
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I had 3 dealer quotes and all of them said it was 430 retail and would give me 10per cent discount or there abouts. strange
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I suppose you need to compare the belt kit retail price with trade discount price. My £265 does not include water pump so say £300 with water pump.
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the dealers are rubbish. when i knew nothing about auto repair and i had no proof of cambelt being done i asked if it was possible to check to see if it needed doing. their answer was no, once the cover is off it has to be replaced! haha basically they just fobbed me off.
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it's called euro service by lee mill just behind the jet garage. its owned by my bosses brother and he is a great mechanic, if there are jobs I can't do he will do it and at a good rate to. I'll pm you his number if you want just tell him Ian at big pine recomended you he should look after you.
hope this helps :)
That the same place that does Citroens? If so had dealings with them in the past and was very pleased with them.
that the one very good he is there.