Hi there,
I think I've seen what you are looking at. The Gates belt is a good sign, however Autovaux charge about the same, and they are a physical company, not one that exists only on the internet. As lots of the people here will tell you, its the tensioner that goes, which makes the belt skip, which stuffs the heads, so that's the important part. It is also recomended to change the water pump at the same time, as to do it later, you have to take it all off again
. There was also a recent case on the forum of a chap who had the belt/tensioner go, which ruined the heads. Several people rallied round, got replacement heads for him, and got his car going great. A couple of weeks later the aux pulley (?) broke up, which split the aux belt, and bits of this got inside the cambelt cover, and jamed the cam belt, making it jump a few teeth, and ruined the replacement heads.
I'm going to be changing mine soon, and will go for quality bits and change things that look suspect, as if the head goes its going to be expensive, and time wasting, and I don't want to be mucking about looking for replacement heads this time of year!
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Topic: Cam belt kit on Ebay.............any good?????? (Read 3638 times)