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[Gaffers]

Mrs G has had her astra serviced recently and she always panics when she sees an advisory let alone a 'recommended' or 'urgent' item on the worksheet.  In short she is a garage owner's dream.

The latest thing to pop up is the cambelt and so of course she is breaking my balls about it.  At 122k it sounds about right that it is due.  Sigh.  Anyone with experience of it fancy doing it for me?

[Keith ABS]

 Belt intervals same as Omega, 4 years or 40,000 which ever is first

[dave the builder]

Belt intervals same as Omega, 4 years or 40,000 which ever is first

depends on what engine is fitted
some are 150km/100k miles  10 years
locking kits are cheap, gates belt kits £80-£120
sort of job an indy garage would do for £200 + vat
but easy enough DIY

[Webby the Bear]

Assuming this is a  petrol Astra h or older (I don’t know about the j’s) They r the easiest belts you can do. Repair time is 1.5 hours I believe lol

[Webby the Bear]

My point is even if u took it to a garage you’d be charged a relatively small amount 👍

[Gaffers]

1.9 diesel.

[terry paget]

Assuming this is a  petrol Astra h or older (I don’t know about the j’s) They r the easiest belts you can do. Repair time is 1.5 hours I believe lol

Thanks for that, Webby. I shall have to do one soon. Reading Haynes, it's the usual 'remove cam cover upper, as in  2.2, then cam cover central, as in 3.1', etc, making it hard to gauge how hard the job is. I imagine it's similar to the Omega 4 cylinder cambelt change, but time will tell.

[Andy B]

I had a 1999 1700 diseasal Astra G. The cam sprocket was connected to the cam itself via a taper ie no woodruff key.
If yours is the case, don't slacken the nut holding the two together otherwise you'll need some proper timing gear.

[terry paget]

I had a 1999 1700 diseasal Astra G. The cam sprocket was connected to the cam itself via a taper ie no woodruff key.
If yours is the case, don't slacken the nut holding the two together otherwise you'll need some proper timing gear.

Thanks for the warning. I understand from Haynes that the Astra H has variable valve timing, which occurs at the cam sprocket to camshaft conection. I presumed the connection from this nifty bit of kit is keyed or in some other way precise.

[terry paget]

Reading Haynes, it looks straightforward, needing no special tools, just a new belt, tensioner and idler pulley. Changing the timing belt sprockets  does need special tools KM-6347 and KM-956-1, but I do not need to remove the sprockets, do I?

[Viral_Jim]

cant see why you would need to, just slacken the tensioner and remove the belt, change your rollers / tensioner and refit. Simples  I can't imagine that the Astra H would be in any way special in this regard...

[78bex]

Think you`ll find there`s an engine mount in the way   

[78bex]

Talked to one of the Astra boys at work & apparently the 1.9 can be 8v or 16v 
He advises every 6 years regardless of mileage for cam belt kit & water pump 



 

[Gaffers]

Local Indy just quoted 189 inc VAT and the waterpump

[Doctor Gollum]

Local Indy just quoted 189 inc VAT and the waterpump

Mates rates for the 1.8 petrol was £100 six years ago, so I would say £189 is a decent price