Omega Owners Forum - 2003 2.6 Cambelt

Paddy Flannery

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2003 2.6 Cambelt
16. Jan 2011 at 11:53

Hi,

My first post.

I've been quoted huge prices £500 plus to replace the cambelt on my 2003 2.6 V6 CD.

Anybody in the Hertfordshire , Home Counties area know whether this is the going rate at a local garage or is there a cheaper, reliable place. Willing to travel and stay the night !! if it saves a few precious pounds. Also, had air con regassed in August as it had slowly lost it's cool and within a month it had lost it again. Garage assured me that there no leaks when they gassed it as they had found a minor one and repaired it with a £3.00 valve. Many thanks for reading.

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Danny Omega Lord Offline BLACK 1.6 BORA SHAPED JETTA!! Posts: 7180 Wigan, Greater Manchester Gender: Drives: 99 1.6 bora, 53 2.6 MV6	Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt Reply #1 - 16. Jan 2011 at 13:54 members on here can do it for half that, including supplying the kit, and using the right locking tools to do it the word you're looking for regarding the garage prices is "theft"
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740mick

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Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt
Reply #2 - 16. Jan 2011 at 14:15

Paddy Flannery wrote on 16. Jan 2011 at 11:53:

Hi,

My first post.

I've been quoted huge prices £500 plus to replace the cambelt on my 2003 2.6 V6 CD.

Anybody in the Hertfordshire , Home Counties area know whether this is the going rate at a local garage or is there a cheaper, reliable place. Willing to travel and stay the night !! if it saves a few precious pounds. Also, had air con regassed in August as it had slowly lost it's cool and within a month it had lost it again. Garage assured me that there no leaks when they gassed it as they had found a minor one and repaired it with a £3.00 valve. Many thanks for reading.

Hi Paddy since using the forum i,ve used Darth Loo Knee for work on my Omega,if you pm him i,m sure he.ll sort something out for you,he knows Omegas inside out and i,ve found him to be very reasonable with his rates Smiley

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Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt
Reply #3 - 16. Jan 2011 at 16:41

Hello Paddy, I got quoted £480 for the belt on my 2.6, but used one of the forum mechanics (JamesV6CDX) and he did it for a lot less, also changing the water pump and auxiliary belt at the same time (water pump not driven by the timing belt on the V6, but worth doing while in there). Attention to detail was fabulous, every bolt torqued correctly, and happy to let me watch. Any of the forum mechanics will do you a top class job for a sensible price! Thumbs Up!

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Castleman Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: Omega CD 2.2	Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt Reply #4 - 17. Jan 2011 at 15:10 Hi Paddy, i live in Watford and use a garage called Advanced Autos for my 2.2CD, i've had two cambelt changes. i can't remember what was charged but it wasn't £500.00 Michael the owner - phone number 01923 247 262 regards Castleman
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tomoco Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1294 leicester Gender: Drives: 2002 2.6 manual	Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt Reply #5 - 17. Jan 2011 at 17:31 Darth (Daz) did my cambelt, waterpump and new aux belt last week. brilliant chap who does it right Excellent price and piece of mind too
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Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt
Reply #6 - 17. Jan 2011 at 17:35

It seems many, many garages cannot correctly do a cambelt - look at the very high number we regularly see that are incorrect.

I would recommend some of our members here - the likes of Darth Loo-knee has a high quality of workmanship, and is very well regarded on here.

The other option... ...look in the meetings section of this site - Guffers is arranging a day of doing cambelts Wink

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Paddy Flannery Junior Member Offline Posts: 90 Hertford, Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2003 2.6 V6 CD	Re: 2003 2.6 Cambelt Reply #7 - 20. Jan 2011 at 15:33 Gents, Thank you all for your kind advice. Starting to save my hard earned now ! Take it easy
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