Take me home!

Omega cam belt change

(5th December 2002 - brrrr!)

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Why does this always look so daunting when you start...?
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Start with the easy stuff! :o)
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Inlet manifold comes off easy enough, revealing fuel rail.
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Once that's off you can look down at the valves..
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...and there they are. Hello valves.
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They look pretty clean to my inexpert eyes! Nice and clean for 168,000 miles anyway.
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Oooh look, camshafts!  But what's this... Help!! Help!! ..my spark plugs are drowning!! :o(
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Wear on the lobes looks worse that it feels... if you see what I mean!
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Lobes. Is it me, or is that a silly sounding word? Lobes. Hmmm...
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And then on to the other side... much the same as the first bank, but looking in a mirror
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This cable run is bloody annoying, to say the least!

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All this tat, (c) Malc Pearce 2002