8v cambelt differences?

1. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #1 12th December 2011, 10:49

   Lots of places on ebay selling 1.1 kits for pennies, and vtr ones for between 30 and 70 quid. Is there actually any difference between them all? Just mine is due up soon and if i can save money then its a winner lol
2. user_19866 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2007 Gwernymynydd/Mold WALES Posts: 456 MK2 1.1i | MK2 VTR | MK2 C2 VTS CODE

   #2 12th December 2011, 11:02

   yes the amount of teeth and the strength. get the correct one.
3. user_21226 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo

   #3 12th December 2011, 11:03

   i got a full kit including water pump and tensioner for £42 off ebay, thats a gates set aswel. Its always worth buying the correct stuff when it come to this mate
4. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #4 12th December 2011, 12:39

   Think yourself lucky it's not a VTS, even more expensive!!
   
   Mine is going to cost £270 including labour
5. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #5 12th December 2011, 19:39

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by rorz_vts i got a full kit including water pump and tensioner for £42 off ebay, thats a gates set aswel. Its always worth buying the correct stuff when it come to this mate

   Aye spotted that myself. I was just curious as a lot of 1.1 parts go dirt cheap, even the parts that are the same between models!!
6. user_21226 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo

   #6 12th December 2011, 20:37

   yea idid wonder that when i was looking at alternators awhile ago, that kit i mentioned is good mate and i got a quote off a garage at £90 to fit it so £150 all in wasn't anywhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be.
7. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #7 12th December 2011, 21:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by devilsadvocate Think yourself lucky it's not a VTS, even more expensive!! Mine is going to cost £270 including labour

   Why not do it yourself?
8. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #8 12th December 2011, 21:42

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Gandi699 Why not do it yourself?

   Not worth the ballache for the sake of a few hunderd quid.
   
   I have never done one before and even with a guide, there is a chance I could balls it up.
   
   If I did end up screwing it up, bang goes my engine.
   
   Standing out in the cold for several hours getting covered in grease trying to changing a cambelt is not my idea of a good weekend lol.
9. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #9 12th December 2011, 21:45

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by devilsadvocate Not worth the ballache for the sake of a few hunderd quid. I have never done one before and even with a guide, there is a chance I could balls it up. If I did end up screwing it up, bang goes my engine. Standing out in the cold for several hours getting covered in grease trying to changing a cambelt is not my idea of a good weekend lol.

   Aye, if you havent a clue then garage! gonna get mine in my garage where its dry and do it myself!
10. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

    #10 13th December 2011, 10:17

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by devilsadvocate Not worth the ballache for the sake of a few hunderd quid. I have never done one before and even with a guide, there is a chance I could balls it up. If I did end up screwing it up, bang goes my engine. Standing out in the cold for several hours getting covered in grease trying to changing a cambelt is not my idea of a good weekend lol.

    To be honest its not that messy a job, and besides you turn it over by hand a few times before you spin it over on the starter - that way no real damage can be done and you can rectify problems
11. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #11 13th December 2011, 16:54

    37 for a vtr gates kit and 85 for a vts kit count your self lucky lol
12. DreamEater Established Member Joined: Jun 2011 Hertfordshire Posts: 1574 '07 Saab 93 Vector Sport - '79 Citroën Dyane

    #12 14th December 2011, 03:52

    The only issue I've found with doing the 8v cambelts is the cover...remove the 6 or bolts, then take off the top engine mount, then try and work the cover out of the bay, I've only done it twice, but haven't spotted a better way yet...as that clip to hold the wires to the alt gets in the way of the mount.
13. lharrowing Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 norwich Posts: 941 Citroen Saxo Westcoast MK1

    #13 15th December 2011, 00:06

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jeffchiz 37 for a vtr gates kit and 85 for a vts kit count your self lucky lol

    Put it like this. £87 to save you being stuck on the side of the road being laughed at and having to fork out replacement engine or whipping valves out of the pistons arses lol.
    For how much a vtr one costs it would be crazy not to do one vtr ones are so easy to do! Vts isnt really that much harder once you know your way around I think thats a good price to be fair for a gates kit.