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[Viral_Jim]

Time to catch up on all the delayed maintenance on the Zafira, so been on a bit of a spending spree today:

• Clutch kit
• Gearbox oil
• Timing belt kit
• Aux belt
• Water pump
• Oil, filter & sump plug
• Air filter
• Pollen filter
• Fuel filter
• Oil cooler seals
• Coolant flush

Now I'm sure there's folks on here that could deal with all that in a morning with one hand behind their back; in my case I reckon I'll be lucky if I can do it in a full day. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Time to catch up on all the delayed maintenance on the Zafira, so been on a bit of a spending spree today:

• Clutch kit
• Gearbox oil
• Timing belt kit
• Aux belt
• Water pump
• Oil, filter & sump plug
• Air filter
• Pollen filter
• Fuel filter
• Oil cooler seals
• Coolant flush

Now I'm sure there's folks on here that could deal with all that in a morning with one hand behind their back; in my case I reckon I'll be lucky if I can do it in a full day. 

Does this this little lot come to more than the total value of the Zaffy?

[STEMO]

Time to catch up on all the delayed maintenance on the Zafira, so been on a bit of a spending spree today:

• Clutch kit
• Gearbox oil
• Timing belt kit
• Aux belt
• Water pump
• Oil, filter & sump plug
• Air filter
• Pollen filter
• Fuel filter
• Oil cooler seals
• Coolant flush

Now I'm sure there's folks on here that could deal with all that in a morning with one hand behind their back; in my case I reckon I'll be lucky if I can do it in a full day. 

Don't feel bad, Jimmy, there are also those of us who would spend a week scratching our heads before anything came out of the box 

[Viral_Jim]

About £250 Opti. So yes, quite possibly. 

But the car's been reliable, cheap to tax & insure and has earned its place on the fleet as a four wheeled skip and/or airport carpark punching bag. With no signs of rust anywhere that matters I'm hopeful to get a few years service out of it with relatively little further expenditure. 

Steve, give it till about lunchtime on saturday for the sweary posts to come out.

[LC0112G]

Got to decide whether to tax and insure meMeega this weekend. Hasn't turned a wheel since October, and still got a duff CHG which I CBA to look at.

[STEMO]

Got to decide whether to tax and insure meMeega this weekend. Hasn't turned a wheel since October, and still got a duff CHG which I CBA to look at.

SORN?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

About £250 Opti. So yes, quite possibly. 

But the car's been reliable, cheap to tax & insure and has earned its place on the fleet as a four wheeled skip and/or airport carpark punching bag. With no signs of rust anywhere that matters I'm hopeful to get a few years service out of it with relatively little further expenditure. 

Steve, give it till about lunchtime on saturday for the sweary posts to come out.

Yep....it's what it costs to replace it.....and you won't get much for £250.

[dave the builder]

About £250 Opti. So yes, quite possibly. 

But the car's been reliable, cheap to tax & insure and has earned its place on the fleet as a four wheeled skip and/or airport carpark punching bag. With no signs of rust anywhere that matters I'm hopeful to get a few years service out of it with relatively little further expenditure. 

Steve, give it till about lunchtime on saturday for the sweary posts to come out.

Yep....it's what it costs to replace it.....and you won't get much for £250.

And the car you replace it with will probably need ....
Clutch kit
Gearbox oil
Timing belt kit
Aux belt
Water pump
Oil, filter & sump plug
Air filter
Pollen filter
Fuel filter
Oil cooler seals
Coolant flush
 

[Viral_Jim]

Too true!

And tbh the clutch is at least partially my doing. I put 11,000 miles on it since July and I'd say 80-90% of them have been either 5-6 up with luggage, plus mobility scooter and roof box, or towing a trailer.

The car has been an absolute trooper and moved pretty much everything I own (other than the kit car), so I feel it deserves some love 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Thats a day of hard work, clutch change is not a simple job 

[Viral_Jim]

I've watched a couple of videos for tips, but yes, agreed, not totally straightforward.

TBH I am not a fan of working at either end of a transverse engine - big hands and not being able to properly see what I've done don't make these jobs my idea of a fun time.

I had a question on the timing belt change (which I'm sure the experts on here will know off the top of their heads) - I got new bolts in the kit I bought for the tensioner and the idler pulleys, but no crankshaft pulley bolt. Is this normal for the Vx 1.6 petrol? I've always replaced these before on timing belts I've done, but never worked on this engine before.

[Doctor Gollum]

Two questions...

1. What is the torque figure for the crank pulley bolt?

2. Does the crank pulley actually need to be removed?

[Marks DTM Calib]

I've watched a couple of videos for tips, but yes, agreed, not totally straightforward.

TBH I am not a fan of working at either end of a transverse engine - big hands and not being able to properly see what I've done don't make these jobs my idea of a fun time.

I had a question on the timing belt change (which I'm sure the experts on here will know off the top of their heads) - I got new bolts in the kit I bought for the tensioner and the idler pulleys, but no crankshaft pulley bolt. Is this normal for the Vx 1.6 petrol? I've always replaced these before on timing belts I've done, but never worked on this engine before.

Yes, you just reuse the bolt. A word of caution, if it has the concave washer, make sure its fitted the right way round (concave section towards the crank), or they can spin

[dave the builder]

Gates kit comes with the crankshaft bolt and says to replace it ,assuming you have a zafira B ?
z16xep z16xe1 z16xel
torque to yield
I've done many ,the £20 locking kit is worth the spend too
(includes camshaft wedges ,flywheel locking bracket etc )

sorry about the massive pics , i don't have a clue how to resize 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Gates kit comes with the crankshaft bolt and says to replace it ,assuming you have a zafira B ?
z16xep z16xe1 z16xel
torque to yield
I've done many ,the £20 locking kit is worth the spend too
(includes camshaft wedges ,flywheel locking bracket etc )

Its not taken to yield, hence the ability to re-use