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[albitz]

A mate of mine drives one of these little contraptions. 03 reg. owned it from new,last serviced when 1 year old
So today I changed the treacle for some fresh oil,new oil and air filters.I asked when the cambelt was changed,reply was "whats a cambelt?" - it hasnt ever been changed (103,000 miles).So I have volunteered to do the job ,as long as their isnt anything too specialised
i.e. special tools etc: just wondered if anyone knows anything about them ?

[ngrainqey]

weeell...
it'll probably be quite horrible to do, might involve jacking up the engine from the engine mount after you've undone it to get the belt off as it'll be on the drivers side of the engine most likely with it being front wheel drive

[michael.d.s.]

if its an eight valve it will be quite simple yes you do have you jack the engine off its mount but its very simple , however i would change the tensioner and the water pump as a matter of course. and its a safe engine risk of valve damage as a result of belt break is minimal.

[michael.d.s.]

this link will show photo access is easy no tools needed but DO NOT remove crank shaft centre bolt only remove the 3 m8 bolts which hold the pulley onto the sprocket.

[michael.d.s.]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/benweaverdotinfo/179241350/

[albitz]

Brilliant ,thanks for that mate.
one of these days,someone will find something which oof cant be of help with.

[amigov6]

Brilliant ,thanks for that mate.
one of these days,someone will find something which oof cant be of help with.

Proper recipe for welsh rarebit?

[tyreburner]

Brilliant ,thanks for that mate.
one of these days,someone will find something which oof cant be of help with.

wiring my house for this "wireless electric" my other half insists is only round the corner  

[Danny]

my little 1.2 corsa's chain driven

my girlfriend's best friend's family picked up a 52 plate punto for her little sister for..... £500!

i hate puntos but for £500 you cant grumble!

[albitz]

I have always detested the things,but credit where its due,it has gone over 5 years / approx. 90,000 miles without having an air filter/oil filter/oil/or cambelt change and when I asked about anti freeze he said it definetely had some in when it was new.how the thing still runs at all beggars belief.

[Moos3h]

Whatever you do, get the antifreeze flushed, dropped and replaced - those engines are notorious for throwing head gaskets partly due to blocked waterways causing the engine to overheat.

Headgaskets apart, those are great cars for the £££

Cheers,
James

[albitz]

Thanks for the advice,I will pass it on. I spoke to him last night and offered to change the cambelt/waterpump,but he thinks I am a bit of a worryguts and isnt sure if he will bother.
If he doesnt,I will keep £50 aside to affer him when the engine lets go.

[Richie London]

i borrowed my sisters panda yrs ago, i braked at about 40mph in rain and the wheels locked and i skidded across the rd, shite the life out of me.  

[michael.d.s.]

40mph!!!!!! in a panda  ! you are too crazy for me  
was it being dropped from a plane !
was it a 750 cc those are proper hardcore  

[Richie London]

40mph!!!!!! in a panda  ! you are too crazy for me  
was it being dropped from a plane !
was it a 750 cc those are proper hardcore  

my other sister had a cinquetenta if thats right, horrible little bright yellow car.