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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: omega3000 on 24 November 2014, 11:03:05
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is this a good price for a timing belt kit and is it the right one for me 3.0 :-\
SKF (http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/timing-belt-kit/skf-vkma-05500_g307_a050VKMA!05500.html)
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have a look on vauxhallworldparts. they have some good prices on gates kits sometimes.
or buypartsby for contitech kits.
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maybe cheaper than 113.
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have a look on vauxhallworldparts. they have some good prices on gates kits sometimes.
or buypartsby for contitech kits.
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maybe cheaper than 113.
Thanks , ill have a look :y
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BPB is £81.02 ..for Contitech
Cant get a price off vauxhallworldparts , they dont recognise my car reg ::) Still not a bad price from BPB . Is contitech make ok :-\
Cant remember what make Webbythebear put on his that the tensioner let go :(
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BPB is £81.02 ..for Contitech
Cant get a price off vauxhallworldparts , they dont recognise my car reg ::) Still not a bad price from BPB . Is contitech make ok :-\
a good price tbh, make sure its the right one for your engine. never had any probs with contitech kits.
vwp range from 97 to 123 odd £.
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BPB is £81.02 ..for Contitech
Cant get a price off vauxhallworldparts , they dont recognise my car reg ::) Still not a bad price from BPB . Is contitech make ok :-\
a good price tbh, make sure its the right one for your engine. never had any probs with contitech kits.
vwp range from 97 to 123 odd £.
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Are they all different then :-\ Guessing that they will send the right one as they have the reg number for the part :y
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should be ok then. backing plates vary on engine code. can use old if new is different, fit new tensioners to old plate.
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should be ok then. backing plates vary on engine code. can use old if new is different, fit new tensioners to old plate.
Ah right ok , going to attempt to fit it in the new year .. will be my first V6 :-[ First timing belt ever , how hard can it be :-X
Thanks for your help RB :y
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not a bad job, take your time, follow the dvd if you have it?. dont forget you must use the locking kit.
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not a bad job, take your time, follow the dvd if you have it?. dont forget you must use the locking kit.
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Ok mate will do , going to be in bits for a while . Doing the stat change while in there , rip the condenser out and bypass the compressor + anything else thats falling off ;)
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To be fair Steve, i believe that was an ''installer error'' when that happened. It's obviously been a while now but I think that was down to me adjusting the lower idler slightly to bring bank 2 in to time and then not re-tensioning the tensioner. if that makes sense.
All water under the bridge (under the A43 or wherever we broke down ;D ;D)
That was from BPB iirc.
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To be fair Steve, i believe that was an ''installer error'' when that happened. It's obviously been a while now but I think that was down to me adjusting the lower idler slightly to bring bank 2 in to time and then not re-tensioning the tensioner. if that makes sense.
All water under the bridge (under the A43 or wherever we broke down ;D ;D)
That was from BPB iirc.
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i half remember that. dont think it was a part failure tbh.
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I have Contiech from BPB/SAF on both mine.
If they send the wrong one, just swap the backplate over (but use the new pulleys/bearings.
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Oh, and the V6 DVD is fan-focking-tastic, if you can tolerate MDTM's knobbly knees, be the best £3 you ever spent, and just helps ever so slightly going towards our images server annual bill ;)
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Oh, and the V6 DVD is fan-focking-tastic, if you can tolerate MDTM's knobbly knees, be the best £3 you ever spent, and just helps ever so slightly going towards our images server annual bill ;)
I have heard of such a dvd ..please tell me how to get it ::)
To be fair Steve, i believe that was an ''installer error'' when that happened. It's obviously been a while now but I think that was down to me adjusting the lower idler slightly to bring bank 2 in to time and then not re-tensioning the tensioner. if that makes sense.
All water under the bridge (under the A43 or wherever we broke down ;D ;D)
That was from BPB iirc.
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Webby , has the belt noise disappeared since you fitted the new kit :-\ And yes dont want to be diverting traffic again on an exit ramp around an Omega ;D Burgers were nice though :)
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Try the "Shop" link at the top of the page, between "Home" and "Help" ::)
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Try the "Shop" link at the top of the page, between "Home" and "Help" ::)
All done ::) Dont you sell Popcorn ;D
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Very good service from the OOF Shop! :y :y :y
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I usually buy SKF kits from Autovaux, cost about £85, but they are not in yet this morning. I had troubles with noisy belts from Vx, and JamesV6cdx and others had problems too, with other makes. As far as I know the mystery was never solved; James said his noise eventually disappeared. No-one reported failure following belt noise. I twice replaced noisy Vx supplied belts and finally settled on a silent SKF belt, which cost about the same as a Vx trade club belt.
Is there any OOF conclusion on the noisy belt mystery?
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I usually buy SKF kits from Autovaux, cost about £85, but they are not in yet this morning. I had troubles with noisy belts from Vx, and JamesV6cdx and others had problems too, with other makes. As far as I know the mystery was never solved; James said his noise eventually disappeared. No-one reported failure following belt noise. I twice replaced noisy Vx supplied belts and finally settled on a silent SKF belt, which cost about the same as a Vx trade club belt.
Is there any OOF conclusion on the noisy belt mystery?
Ref noisy belt, my tensioner pulley had a not unsubstantial groove in the middle despite being set up perfectly!
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So Autovaux the cheapest at £85 ish? Genuine Vx is just over the £100, or thereabouts aren't they? Going to do the cambelt myself, soon, so shopping around for prices too.
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Sorry Steve, i didnt see your post tl now.
Yep, the belt sqeek has gone. Do occasionally hear it on cold starts but goes once been running for a couple mins. and its very occasional now anyway :)
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...and as James said, my belt too was set up perfectly by the master tb :)
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So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then :-\ Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off :-\
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Steve - Conti belt kit from BpB usually cheapest - have fitted quite a few of these - no issues at all :y
May need your VIN number for correct kit ;)
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So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then :-\ Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off :-\
I still suspect it is caused by the belt sides rubbing on the V sides of some of the pulleys when cold. It could have been proven by replacing the original belt, but no-one has bothered to do this yet. At least it is known to be harmless, just annoying.
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Steve - Conti belt kit from BpB usually cheapest - have fitted quite a few of these - no issues at all :y
May need your VIN number for correct kit ;)
Will do mate cheers :y
So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then :-\ Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off :-\
I still suspect it is caused by the belt sides rubbing on the V sides of some of the pulleys when cold. It could have been proven by replacing the original belt, but no-one has bothered to do this yet. At least it is known to be harmless, just annoying.
I guess only other thing would be to pop the cover off and check the belt condition on these belts that make the noise :-\
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Steve, i had aux belt off and ran the car. Noise still persisted so was definitely the cam belt.
As said it doesnt do it hardly at all. occasionally on cold starts though.