I have a service sheet showing cambelt replaced on my vRS by Skoda at 59K. Car now on 72K.

Having had my Vauxhall Omega it was routine to replace cambelt, all idlers and water pump every 40K

I have contacted the dealer and they confirmed the Cambelt replacemnt was a kit and the idlers were replaced. Kit is billed at about £77 before fitting and sundry charges so does sound about right.

Now as they haven't done the water pump, how bad is it if it fails? Does it take the Cambelt with it? or is it just the impeller blades that disintigrate.

Many thanks again

Stef

£77 is the price of the cam belt kit

But they defo have not changed the cam belt tensioner cos thats another £70

The water pump failures are usually down to the impellor breaking up, but if the bearings were to fail then yes your right, it would take the cam belt with it.

HTH

Bill.

£77 is the price of the cam belt kit

But they defo have not changed the cam belt tensioner cos thats another £70

The water pump failures are usually down to the impellor breaking up, but if the bearings were to fail then yes your right, it would take the cam belt with it.

HTH

Bill.

Thanks for the quick reply. My hesitation is that on Omegas' The idler/tensioner pulleys fail, which is why the service interval was dropped from 80K to 40k. When I did my cambelt, the Gates kit came with all pulleys and tensioners. Water pump replaced as worth doing for the little extra cost and time involved.

So if the Cambelt tensioner wasn't done I take it that this is normal practice, then maybe I dont need to overly worry. ( I prefer preventative maintenance as opposed to reactive maintenance i.e. waiting until something fails.)

But I hate the thought of valves and pistons colliding as that would make rather a mess.

Stef

Edited 6 September, 201015 yr by goonybird

Thanks for the quick reply. My hesitation is that on Omegas' The idler/tensioner pulleys fail, which is why the service interval was dropped from 80K to 40k. When I did my cambelt, the Gates kit came with all pulleys and tensioners. Water pump replaced as worth doing for the little extra cost and time involved.

So if the Cambelt tensioner wasn't done I take it that this is normal practice, then maybe I dont need to overly worry. ( I prefer preventative maintenance as opposed to reactive maintenance i.e. waiting until something fails.)

But I hate the thought of valves and pistons colliding as that would make rather a mess.

Stef

If it were mine Stef..... I'd leave it until the next time the cam belt is due for replacement and then change the water pump and tensioner/damper.

Bill.