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[kcl]

Has anyone ever seen a broken cambelt on a V6 that was overdue the change? I have never seen nor heard...

But what I have heard and seen is broken cambelts on 1,8 liter 4-pot engines, which was introduced around the same time when they changed the cambelt service interval.

And, most interesting, same engines (2,6&3,2) on Vectra C have an interval of 120 000 kilometers. So, I think that GM is trying to avoid their responsibility of bad engineering on some models by giving the customers some more to pay (extra cambelt services)

[TheBoy]

Has anyone ever seen a broken cambelt on a V6 that was overdue the change? I have never seen nor heard...

But what I have heard and seen is broken cambelts on 1,8 liter 4-pot engines, which was introduced around the same time when they changed the cambelt service interval.

And, most interesting, same engines (2,6&3,2) on Vectra C have an interval of 120 000 kilometers. So, I think that GM is trying to avoid their responsibility of bad engineering on some models by giving the customers some more to pay (extra cambelt services)

The belt is probably good for 80k, but the v6 tensioners and idlers aren't.

Vauxhall say a lot of things about the later cars to please fleet managers, such as 20k oil changes, and 80k cambelt changes.  They  need the fleet managers to buy cars, so tempt them with minimal service costs.  The lack of oil changes will cause issues, but not in the first 60k when fleet managers own it.  I guess if a cambelt fails, it may not be covered by warranty anyway, but even if it was, Vx consider worth taking the risk to sell more cars

[MutantCav]

Cam belt and tensioners need to be done every 4 years or 40,000 miles which ever comes 1st.

Vauxhall suffered some failures for what I gather and decided to play it safe, hence dropping from 80k to 40k belt changes.

When you do your change, if you dont know the history of the water pump, then change that as well.

If you are not one allready, consider getting a Trade Club Membership.  Water pump for a V6 for examaple is £22 + Vat.  

Excellent, just joined ABS so hoping to get a trade card soon and need a new water pump for the estate I just bought...98 S Elite Estate for £265 in very good condition just needing a water pump (although cambelt could do with a change too) anyone know how much full cambelt kit is on TC??

[TheBoy]

Cam belt and tensioners need to be done every 4 years or 40,000 miles which ever comes 1st.

Vauxhall suffered some failures for what I gather and decided to play it safe, hence dropping from 80k to 40k belt changes.

When you do your change, if you dont know the history of the water pump, then change that as well.

If you are not one allready, consider getting a Trade Club Membership.  Water pump for a V6 for examaple is £22 + Vat.  

Excellent, just joined ABS so hoping to get a trade card soon and need a new water pump for the estate I just bought...98 S Elite Estate for £265 in very good condition just needing a water pump (although cambelt could do with a change too) anyone know how much full cambelt kit is on TC??

Cambelt kit is about a ton, so one of the Conti kits from somewhere in Nottingham is what we normally recommend now