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[Diamond Black Geezer]

I think it's very useful, just of course if you're only ever going to be using it on the Vx V6s, then it's 'too good' in a way.


But it's the way, I mean if you go through the Halfords 170/200 socket set, about 70% is useless on an Omega, of course. And you have to but more bits to really be 'Omegaproof' (longer ratchet, 1/2 - 3/8 adapter, long extension, 18mm spanner, dinky extension, and some others I forget)

[Nick W]

Here it is with a V6 locking kit:





It has the locking wedges for the cam pulleys, but not the gauge or crank tool which are the important bits. So unless you're intending to do a couple of engines at a time, it isn't a cheap way of acquiring a kit.

I thought it was too cheap to be useful.

It covers a lot of engines, so for £22 is definitely cheap enough to be useful. Being specialists, we know that to consistently get a V6 right you need the gauge. But you can get it really close without, as long as you take some care. Of the last three I had a hand in, two took several goes, and the third was a matter of bunging the belt on, turning it through, remarking that it was spot on, setting the tensioner and checking a final time before refitting the covers.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

When I/we did mine (sort of hands on tutorial while a mate who pointed at what bit and said 'undo that' etc) it was basically lock everything up, old pulley/belt off, new one one, nothing moved, and a year later no apparent maladies