Vauxhall Vivaro Cambelt
dave6859
Hi
Just bought a vauxhall vivaro 05 plate, i was told that the vivaro has
a chain driven cambelt, is this true, searched the internet, and just
cannot find this info
The vivaro i bought has a full service history, it was previously owned
by a leasing company
But there is no mention of a cambelt change
It has 97000 miles
Hope someone can shed some light on this
Kind Regards
David
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dave6859
Mrcheerful
The 04 vivaro has a cam belt, recommended change is 90,000. Vauxhall are
not known for excess belt life.
Walk to a dealer and double check. If it is belt (seems likely) get it and
any associated parts (pump and a tensioner) changed immediately.
moray
"dave6859" <dave6859...@autobanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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1.9 uses a cambelt from the crank to the camshaft.
2.5 has gears up so far up, then a cambelt to the twin cams.
Not entirely sure on replacement intervals though.
jimmy
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Hi David,
I had a 56 plate Vivaro and the belt got changed at 80,000
miles,as recommended by leasing company.
reg
these also suffer from major gearbox problems as do the renaults & nissans
which use the same box, we've changed 2 in the last few months & they arnt
cheap, it might be worth changing the gearbox oil, but be aware they use a
special oil, put the wrong oil in them & it will fuck it, cant think off the
top of my head what grade it is.
reg
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the 2.5 which uses the short cambelt to the cams requires a special tool for
locking the cams & a pin to lock the crank, the 1st one i did took ages to
do but ive done a few now so they arnt so daunting.
moray
"reg" <r...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:g91p6i$pth$1...@aioe.org...
Nothing that can't be done with a bottle of tip-ex and a mirror though.
Much to the dismay of the Renault 'tutor' that was meant to be telling us
about the 1.9...
(yeah, the man who was meant to be telling us about the engines, ended up
with me telling him that the '1.9' engine he had on the test stand was in
fact a 2.5. And Renault wonder why their garages can't fix motors!)
moray
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bearings where the selector shaft passes through the casing (similar issue
to fwd transits, but at least transits you can just change the turret)
The apprentice has been nominated for the strip and rebuild.
Not too bad a job once the box is out. Split the casing, dismantle all the
bits attached to the shaft, remove shaft, knock out bearings, then rebuild
with some new bits and a tub of sealant.