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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Belt change
« on: 04 May 2007, 20:19:24 »
Hi all, new to this forum today. I have owned an Omega 2.5 V6 GLS for the past year and I luvvv it. Although the fuel consumption scares me sometimes.
Anyway, I have been reading this thread and I am a bit confused over the cam belt change times. most of the treads here say that the belts and tensioners should be changed every 40K miles. However, I have been reading my Haynes "bible" and a Vauxall TIS disc and they both say that from 1998, my model year, Vauxall changed the type so that the cambelt only needs changing every 80K miles.
I was fortunate in buying a car with a full service history. The cambelt was changed at 72K. My car is now at 134K. According to the afore mentioned publications, the cambelt is not due for change for another 10K miles approx.
Is this correct?....... Should it be changed anyway?.......Being almost ten years old,does the cost of changing the bits outway the value of the car?........Are there any mechanic members of this forum based in Swansea, who could give me advice or help with this?.......ANY help or advice would be most welcome, Cheers.
Anyway, I have been reading this thread and I am a bit confused over the cam belt change times. most of the treads here say that the belts and tensioners should be changed every 40K miles. However, I have been reading my Haynes "bible" and a Vauxall TIS disc and they both say that from 1998, my model year, Vauxall changed the type so that the cambelt only needs changing every 80K miles.
I was fortunate in buying a car with a full service history. The cambelt was changed at 72K. My car is now at 134K. According to the afore mentioned publications, the cambelt is not due for change for another 10K miles approx.
Is this correct?....... Should it be changed anyway?.......Being almost ten years old,does the cost of changing the bits outway the value of the car?........Are there any mechanic members of this forum based in Swansea, who could give me advice or help with this?.......ANY help or advice would be most welcome, Cheers.