need cambelt change anyone able to do it for me properly

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2009 northamptonshire Posts: 118
    #1
    i have all the parts from citroen dealer as i can get them cheap through a mate or work i just need a price for someone to fit it for me using the correct tools as i know you need a specialist tool to fit it to check the tension!
    i have a cambelt tensioner and water pump!
    also need to be close to northampton!
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #2
    you don't need a special tool to tension the cambelt on a saxo engine, yes tension is important but doesn't need anything special to set unlike modern engines that are fussy about exact tension
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2009 northamptonshire Posts: 118
    #3
    thats what it was saying in a mates book so he didnt want to do it because he don't have the tool
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Gloucester Posts: 3000 Citroen Saxo VTR Renault 5
    #4
    Special tool is not needed. Just common sense really.

    And if it's an 8v engine you can't really get anything wrong
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #5
    never used a special tool on any of the 100's of Saxo/106 engines i've done the belt on, think thats just the official word by Citroen or belt supplier to safeguard themselves. There are lots of jobs that are meant to utilise special tools but 99.9% of the time there is a way around it using a basic tool kit.
  6. Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mandyslover70 View Post
    never used a special tool on any of the 100's of Saxo/106 engines i've done the belt on, think thats just the official word by Citroen or belt supplier to safeguard themselves. There are lots of jobs that are meant to utilise special tools but 99.9% of the time there is a way around it using a basic tool kit.
    +1 this is quite right
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mandyslover70 View Post
    never used a special tool on any of the 100's of Saxo/106 engines i've done the belt on, think thats just the official word by Citroen or belt supplier to safeguard themselves. There are lots of jobs that are meant to utilise special tools but 99.9% of the time there is a way around it using a basic tool kit.
    Yep. There's always a way!
  8. L-plater Joined: Jul 2010 Northampton Posts: 30 Current: Golf R32
    #8
    Alright m8 1 of my mate's is a mechanic and done the cambelet on my saxo about a year ago for £50.00 quid and i supplied all the parts ill ask him if he is willing to do your's if you like and he lives in Northampton
  9. Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653
    #9
    You could always buy the tool if you were that concerned;

    Laser 4212 - Belt Tension Gauge

    I use it, because ive got it to hand, although its not really needed.

    Probably cheaper to buy the tool than going to a main dealer.
  10. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2009 northamptonshire Posts: 118
    #10
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by R32_Ian View Post
    Alright m8 1 of my mate's is a mechanic and done the cambelet on my saxo about a year ago for £50.00 quid and i supplied all the parts ill ask him if he is willing to do your's if you like and he lives in Northampton
    ok yeah cheers