will_doyle
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Registered: 25th Nov 08
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I am going to take it to a garage.
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
I am going to take it to a garage.
amen.
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Nic Barnes
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honestly doyle. if you want to get involved with things. get involved. dont let people on the net put you off and take the piss. yeah ive taken the piss so that includes whatever ive said.
the instructions if you follow then in the haynes will get the job done. people should always support others that want to have a go. say someone off here lives near you that could come give you a hand or something?
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Muzzy@VauxhallScotland
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Registered: 12th Nov 08
Location: Aberdeen
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You can only learn by giving things a go, OK if it goes wrong it can cost alot of money but if you take your time and follow the instructions there is no reason you cant do it yourself.
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cunningham
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you turn it over by hand anyways so how can it go wrong?
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Colin
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Take your time, mark it up, make sure its tentioned right & all nuts & bolts are set to correct torque, turn it by hand before firing it up....do all that & you will get on fine!!
Give it a go, Its a good learning curve. 1st one I done was a tooth out & just caughed, chugged & cut out....took ages to work out what was wrong!! 
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will_doyle
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My dad has done this before.. on a 8 valve.. mine is 16..
I would rather take it to a garage on this 1.
me and my dad can do everything else.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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its not just the belt you should change
i paid £200ish for mine to be done
that was cam belt, cam belt kit and water pump
cam belt kit is the rollers it goes round apparently they seize quite often
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob E
Change the pulley and tensioner as well as the water pump. There is no point putting a new belt on and with a worn out pulley or tensioner, it will cause just as much damage as a snapped belt 
Ditto!
The rollers and tensioner are more likely to fail than the belt..
If the cooling system has been run on pure water most of its life the pump will be fudged too..
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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8v Vaux engines are safe engines so you can't really go wrong, 16v on the other hand aren't and it could go wrong, badly.
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