Hi all,
Aswell as having Insignias I have a biturbo Zaf with the A20DTR engine, that has cambelt issues.
In short I trusted the service history in the book and was told by a stealership that they had done a cambelt repair after it had shreded, what I thought was the origional belt and snapped the rockers and damaged the cams.
Anyway turns out the service records from 2015 to 2020 didnt match any on the stealerships computer!
1st owner had a major service done again in 2021 @55k and asked stealership for belt change price which was sky high so went for an independent to fit!
This belt shreded at 57k, he recovered the Zaf to the stealership who refused a lifetime warranty repair as the origin of the belt was "unknown" and not fitted by them!
The independent then brought the owner out of the vehicle and patched it up with 2nd hand cams/rockers and a 2nd new belt kit! Then sold it on to the trade and it ended up on a retail pitch where I brought it!
After 1k miles, but after 12 months, this belt has shredded aswell! I tried vauxhall care as I thought it had the full dealership history and a vauxhall approved repair but got no where over 3 months!
So now need suggestions on possible cause or best way forward to get a reliable repair! Ie
Aswell as having Insignias I have a biturbo Zaf with the A20DTR engine, that has cambelt issues.
In short I trusted the service history in the book and was told by a stealership that they had done a cambelt repair after it had shreded, what I thought was the origional belt and snapped the rockers and damaged the cams.
Anyway turns out the service records from 2015 to 2020 didnt match any on the stealerships computer!
1st owner had a major service done again in 2021 @55k and asked stealership for belt change price which was sky high so went for an independent to fit!
This belt shreded at 57k, he recovered the Zaf to the stealership who refused a lifetime warranty repair as the origin of the belt was "unknown" and not fitted by them!
The independent then brought the owner out of the vehicle and patched it up with 2nd hand cams/rockers and a 2nd new belt kit! Then sold it on to the trade and it ended up on a retail pitch where I brought it!
After 1k miles, but after 12 months, this belt has shredded aswell! I tried vauxhall care as I thought it had the full dealership history and a vauxhall approved repair but got no where over 3 months!
So now need suggestions on possible cause or best way forward to get a reliable repair! Ie
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