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[Guinney1971]

IMO the V6 timing belt is easier to change than the 2.0 ecowrecks, theres no locking kit for the 2.0 so you have to piss about turning the camshafts if they're slightly off the timing marks, so that usually means pissing about with a torx bit getting it one way then the other way just over the cam lobe on one cylinder then you have to get the tensioner to actually work right, i did it the first time and drove it and the belt slipped a tooth or two, where-as the v6, you just rag the bagpipes out(after removing the nuts ofcourse), take the stupid a/c pipe off, take the aux belt off after loosening tensioner pulley and water pump pulley dish thing, take the wiring plank thing off after breaking the clips,take the timing belt cover off, maul it with a v6 locking kit then repeatedly attack it with ring spanners after swapping the idlers over

PMSL!!!!  you've seen us at work on a car engine then!!!   

[henryd]

2.0 litre engine's timing belt is an easy change but always replace the full kit with idlers and tensioner and always replace the water pump as it is timing belt driven

[sneakypenguin]

ah, very interesting 

Our Avantime (3.0 V6 Auto), does around 200-225 on a full tank (49L) of LPG, which we buy locally for 67p a litre (Asda, local garage or Shell).

I'm expecting a 2.0 16v Omega to do better then that - I know it wont be masses better, but as Avi only does around 20-25mpg, I need something a bit more economical as a daily hoofer abouter    I love driving Avi, but its a shame to get her mucked up using her every day, she was bought new in 2002, still has low mileage, and we try and keep her for shows and special occasions now.

What sort of job is the cambelt on an Ecowreck engine?

I wouldn't necessarily say that, remember the 2.0 a 4 pot and the v6 a much lazier engine, ideling lower but has 2 extra cylinders,  In mine when driven carefully can get around 39.9 mpg on a run, around town about 18, a 4 pot would really struggle to do that on a run, around town maybe different. Another thing is lpg economy is worse than petrol (i.e gas rather than liquid and associated lubricants) but half the price. Another thing with lpg is you have to run it on petrol to warm it up enough to then switch over to gas, so your using petrol either way. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against lpg cars in general, I'm just saying you've got to be be doing serious mileage to warrant the extra running costs (and conversion costs if appropiate)   

[Guinney1971]

cheers for the info Mr Penguin

Our V6 Avantime cost £1500 to convert to gas, and it paid for itself in under a year in fuel savings.  She does (an indicated) 21mpg round town, and up to 30mpg on a run (we got 30mpg on the way back from France with the cruise control on at 130kph), but I know you need to knock 10% off that for running on gas.  The system on our Avi automatically switches the car to gas from petrol once its warmed up enough (about a mile at the most normally) - is the Omega system the same?  The Avi has still got about 1/3rd of a tank left from when we filled it up in August, as luckilly we've not had to drive it petrol too much 

Anyway, a deal has pretty much been struck on the car I've found, so all being well it'll be in my possession by the New Year   

Claire