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[mantahatch]

Now shoot me down in flames if you like. I am open to criticism on this idea.

I have just this morning done the cam belt on mothers Omega, 2.6 CDX 2003. Now I bought this car with a full service history hand written by the previous elderly owner and backed up by receipts. He also commented on what and where he got good or bad service,

The cam belt was changed at 68k in late 2008, car now has 95k. so within mileage but rapidly approaching time limit of 4 years.

Anyway stripped it all down and changed belt and tensioners all ok. Then after packing up tools I sat down with a cup of tea and the old bits. As expected there was little wrong with either belt or rollers, except a little grease loss. Then I got to thinking, as it is 99.9% of the time a roller or tensioner that fails, should I only change the rollers and keep the old belt, it is in mint condition.

I appreciate the effort is the same and the extra cost of the belt is minimal, but if I was on a tight budget I may consider it.

What do you think ? would you consider it, or dismiss it out of hand.

[TheBoy]

Given the belt cost, I'd change it all.

[dbug]

As Jaime said - replace the whole kit

[Del Boy]

If it's all apart and there in front of you, may as well replace it i'd say. I was ever so lucky with my Omega 3.0, I got 83,000 miles and 6 years out of mine before I read up how badly they needed doing.

[jonnyboyws6]

If the budget is that tight, how about not replacing any of it if it looks ok when you inspect it?

[SteveAvfc.]

If the budget is that tight, how about not replacing any of it if it looks ok when you inspect it?

Then it will be even tighter if the worst happens, many members will back this, evidence enough me thinks. 

[TheBoy]

If the budget is that tight, how about not replacing any of it if it looks ok when you inspect it?

Obviously, there is an extreme risk of it letting go. But given the value of Omegas, some may decide to chance it, and just replace with another Omega if it does - they are that cheap.

Law of Sod suggests that it would let go at the most inconvenient time, though.

[2woody]

I've done maybe half a million miles in Omegas and changed, say 25 belts. I've never yet seen a defective tensioner or idler.

[tidla]

I've done maybe half a million miles in Omegas and changed, say 25 belts. I've never yet seen a defective tensioner or idler.

were the original idlers plastic?