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[ree]

Hi all just brought my cambelt kit but cant fit it till wednesday as my man cant do it till then hope it lasts till monday i know if it aint broke dont fix it  running fine really tight engine but dar,nt leave it was changed at 42 ive got it at 93000 must be 12000 over better safe than sorry let you know how it goes
Ree

[tunnie]

also based on years, not just mileage. 40k or 4 years, which ever is first.

[omega3000]

 ... take it easy till you get it done . Better still dont use the car if your worried about it and wait till the spanner man comes to change it 

[JamesV6CDX]

Please tell me you're changing the water pump too

[henryd]

Please tell me you're changing the water pump too

Its not cam belt driven and if its ok why change it,4 pot is a different matter,should be replaced regardless.

[tunnie]

Please tell me you're changing the water pump too

Its not cam belt driven and if its ok why change it,4 pot is a different matter,should be replaced regardless.

As your stripping down to that level, you might as well for the small ish cost. Although only Aux belt driven, if it does seize Aux belt can cause some considerable damage in the engine bay, no to mention possible over-heating issues.

[henryd]

Please tell me you're changing the water pump too

Its not cam belt driven and if its ok why change it,4 pot is a different matter,should be replaced regardless.

As your stripping down to that level, you might as well for the small ish cost. Although only Aux belt driven, if it does seize Aux belt can cause some considerable damage in the engine bay, no to mention possible over-heating issues.

Gm pump is expensive and aftermarket quality sometimes questionable which is why I would leave if good

[Kevin Wood]

I wouldn't bother with the water pump, based on recent experience. Changed mine at the 120k cam belt change only to have the seal on the (admittedly pattern) part fail after 2 weeks. Original part was perfectly OK. There have been one or two other reports of replacement pumps failing early too. Against that, how long do the original pumps last? Well past 93k, I reckon.

It isn't going to kill anything if it fails on a V6, so personally, I'd leave it in future. If you're paying someone to do the stripping down anyway, you might take a different view, but it's hardly a huge job to change it on a V6 if it fails later.

[JamesV6CDX]

My mistake, I had it in my head that this was a 2.2 

Agreed with other posters, if V6, and the original pump is genuine and OK, it can generally be left safely alone

[tunnie]

Guess for V6 owners its changed, as the pump on genuine used to be only around £40, understand its a lot more now. 

[ree]

have got water pump shall i change that or leave it alone if not broke  mine the 2.0 not the v6 shown on side ,i have changed this in profile still says 3.0 under junior member ?? dont know whos end that is   ...

[RobG]

have got water pump shall i change that or leave it alone if not broke  mine the 2.0 not the v6 shown on side ,i have changed this in profile still says 3.0 under junior member ?? dont know whos end that is   ...

Definitely

[ree]

updated profile from 3.0 elite to 2.0 cd  thought i done it no confusion nowwwwwwwwww

[ree]

ok was gonna change ,the more i read the more i get confused ,not hard there  also waiting on weather dam rain all the time wettest drowt ive seen 

[omega3000]

updated profile from 3.0 elite to 2.0 cd  thought i done it no confusion nowwwwwwwwww

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