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furriegurrie   
Sat Oct 22 2016, 06:05pm
Joined: Dec 23 2015
Member No: #2448
Location: Roosendaal
 Did they vacuum the car too? Maybe they moved the seat forward to vacuum the back and forgot to move it to it's original position?
ul9601   
Sat Oct 22 2016, 07:44pm
Joined: Dec 14 2014
Member No: #1975
Location: Auckland
FreakyFrenchFan wrote ...
...The total cost to change the cambelt, three tensioners, the water pump, the auxillary belt and the coolant came to about £520...

That sounds pretty reasonable...

FreakyFrenchFan wrote ...
...the timing belt, which looked good to me...

Was it due at 140k miles or 10 years?
FreakyFrenchFan   
Sun Oct 23 2016, 12:17am
Joined: Feb 08 2015
Member No: #2057
Location: Bicester
 160,000 normal usage. 120,000 severe usage or every 10 years. My car is 10 years old in February and has currently done 111,000 miles.
gmerry   
Sun Oct 23 2016, 09:57am
Joined: Dec 11 2009
Member No: #21
Location: Scotland
 Clarification for European, Antipodean and Asian friends, that's thousands of miles (not kilometers)
regards
G
furriegurrie   
Sun Oct 23 2016, 11:02am
Joined: Dec 23 2015
Member No: #2448
Location: Roosendaal
 Mine is approaching 10 years too. On 135k kms now. I've order an skf kit for the 2 belts en all tensioners and idlers. Was €240,- so not too expensive. Not in a hurry to change it, the belts I've seen were all in very good nick age wise....
FreakyFrenchFan   
Mon Oct 24 2016, 04:08pm
Joined: Feb 08 2015
Member No: #2057
Location: Bicester
 Well it didn't take long! Since the cam belt and water pump change I have been getting a sporadic warning saying "suspension fault". This is despite the suspension appearing to work normally. IE- the usual floaty ride and the ability to manually adjust ride height. Would anything done during the cam belt and water pump change cause any issues with the suspension?
onthecut   
Mon Oct 24 2016, 07:55pm
Joined: Sep 20 2016
Member No: #2793
Location: West Mids
 Did you perhaps knock the wiring to, or link pin on the RH lower suspension arm height sensor ? It's quite in the line of fire if you're working n the wheelarch.

Mike.
David Hallworth   
Mon Oct 24 2016, 08:55pm

Joined: Apr 16 2010
Member No: #90
Location: Glasgow
 It'll probably be the bracket on the wishbone that holds the height corrector link. They corrode and become wafer thin. They're held onto the wishbone by one bolt and cost around £6 each.

I had to replace them on my 2.7 at 45k miles.

David.
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