Cambelt Change?

[dans_vts]

Just wondering what milage is best to change the cambelt on a vts - my car has done 60k now and not sure if the previous owner changed it or not.

[AlexN]

if your not sure if its been done id do it tbh, and 60,000 is around when they should be changed i think

[Lloydie]

How much is it to change the camebelf plzz :P

[williamsvts]

i'll do it for £30.

[waynaldo1]

i'll do it for £30.

30....for a cambelt change. Take that i paid alot and i mean alot more than that

[beau_4076]

a garage will charge about £80+ parts usually.

[JamesR]

I have always paid to get it done, how hard is it to do yourself?

[beau_4076]

vtrs are easy to do.

[JamesR]

0 - 10 of easy?

2 being about a induction kit?

[VtsTom]

7 if your not a tard

[Hopey121]

Its shown how to do it in the hayes manual isnt it ? i was going to do mine but didnt want to incase a i fooked it up :P

[vts836]

sposed to be done at 7200 or severe driving 5400 :)

[vts836]

sposed to be done at 72,000 or severe driving 54,000 :) sorry missed a 0 out !!

[PETE-VTR]

72k iirc.

iv just done mine on 59k to be on the safe side.

hardest thing i found was locking off bottom end at tdc.

[dj_russell]

williams vts is that for a waterpump aswell????

[Roasthunter]

Waterpump is probably only about £20 extra to do.

[JamesR]

Just done a cambelt today, first time, on some Mazda 323f i think it was, took me an hour :n:

Got there in the end, felt achieved lol

[Hpi_matrix]

My Saxo has done 104K, the cambelt was changed at 72K about 5-6 years ago. Iv got a cambelt to swap over just wondering whether its worth replacing the tensioner too?

[0rang3peel]

Mine got done today oddly enough, 68k. book says do it at around 60k