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[polilara]

No problem, 100 000 miles is more than 160 000 kilometers and even 70 000 miles is more than 115 000 km. Let's see, I will do it in Eastern. It is bad luck if it brakes before that, if it does it's just max. 16 valves and some stupid work, ha ha...

[Andy B]

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 It is bad luck if it brakes before that, if it does it's just max. 16 valves and some stupid work, ha ha...

That's a half full way of looking at it 

[polilara]

Crank pulley seem removed by taking the big bolt away - not a problem? Left "idler" is propably a tensioner - any rules how to adjust the tension or are there clear marks?

with the flywheel locking tool in,the crank pulley bolt comes out ok(it's very tight ) new bolt required (which is in the gates kit)
yes the left idler is the tensioner    spring loaded/self adjusting  ,holds back with hex key to get the belt on
the original design of tensioner was spring loaded too with a pin to pull ,but that was revised to be bolted in place and wound back with hex key .

the belt is pretty tight to get on even with the tensioner slackened ,but DIY doable ,just take your time ,
DON'T load up the cam phaser sprockets to get the belt to fit ,keep them locked
timing marks are a guide but don't line up perfectly
Gates kit contains instructions ,idler with new bolt ,tensioner with new bolt, belt , crankshaft bolt

it's worth re-packing (with grease) the aux belt tensioner pulley as you would on an omega 

Yes, the marks really were not lined up perfectly, job jobbed finally, all ok, (started to think this project a year ago). Thanks a lot for your help.

[dave the builder]

Well done 
not a hard job with the locking kit if you take your time ,though a year is a bit long 

[polilara]

Would like to say: "Well begun is half done". I watched all the videos etc. beforehand...