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156 V6 Cam Belt Change - What Parts to Buy - FYI NZers and Aussies

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#1 ·
I Just had the Alfa Timing Belt & associated bits done.To help out any other Aussie / NZ Alfa owners here are the parts I bought from Alfa Workshop UK.
· Timing Belt
· Timing Tensioner
· Timing Idlers (x2)
· Aux Belt
· Aux Tensioner
· Aux Idlers (1 small & 1 large)
· Water Pump
Labour cost NZ$465.Took them 5 hours to do. I purchased all those parts from the UK on the Alfa Workshop website. Part prices work out to about half the cheapest retail price you can get in NZ and much much cheaper than from the dealers.

I forgot to pre purchase rocker cover gaskets and spark plug rings. Luckily they managed to time the cams without cam locks so they didn’t need to remove the rocker covers. They are damn expensive if they are bought locally so make sure you order these from overseas if you plan to get the belts done.

Cheers
 
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#2 ·
Been there and done this and I'm sure you'll come back with a confident "my garage knows what they're doing" comment but the simple fact is it takes closer to 8-10 hours to replace the cambelt, you do need to use cam locks and consequently you do need to remove the cam covers.

Failing to use cam locks will likely result in the cam timing being slightly off and/or premature belt failure.

Changing the cam cover gaskets is a gamble. As a diy'er I don't, (my car, be it on my head) as a proffesional I would.
 
#3 ·
Good tip - although for my TS engine I was able to get the belt kit and idlers etc from B&T in Napier cheaply, and more importantly, I could compare with the ones on the engine and go back and swap any bits that weren't right, which I thought was useful. I did get a set of camlocks though ex UK. Happy to lend those to anyone in NZ who will pay for postage and a beer token. My cam cover gaskets were ok to re-use but I guess if they had been hard I would have bodged them with silicone/bought some new ones (delete as appropriate) ;)
 
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