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Of great relevance to this post, is a post from Bolin, on the 9th Jan. 2020 at 21.48; entitled "Info from Gates.............."
Apparently Gates were the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for the KV6 belts. Apologies for explaining OEM, but worth doing, if only for a small handful of people.
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I dont believe you have done any of this, which is my issue with you saying these things. I have taken my chances successfully with belts in the past, with the same 'opinion' and logic as yours (and I do concur to it!). But this is NOT proof, and you cannot recommend this as an engineer as fact. Sent from my SM-A600FN using Tapatalk
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Hello Alan,
I already know that you take the opposite view to me on this, and indeed on many other topics. To answer your questions though: It's freely available on this forum (April to June 2018). Quote:
I could also issue a similar challenge to you. How many KV6 belt failures have been proven to be caused by age or faulty tensioner and/or idler pulleys? I do not want to get involved in a lengthy and repetitive exchange with you Alan. For one thing, it's a distraction from the question posted by the author of this thread. He has now heard both sides of the argument and can make up his own mind. Best wishes to you. Simon
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Your advice could cause an issue for others, please just quantify things with 'my own experience' etc. That is all I am asking. Sent from my SM-A600FN using Tapatalk
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Vested interest! Not from me, I don’t like doing kv6 belt changes, makes my back ache these days with all the bending over the engine.
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The last set of KV6 belts I changed, were on an engine where the main front belt had failed, not the tensioner, not the idler, not the water pump, but the belt itself.
Note this was the original belt, and the car had covered 86,000 miles at the point of failure, and the car was thirteen years old. The replacement of 24 damaged valves, eight valve guides, six pistons, and two liners was considerably more costly than a timely belt replacement I wouldn't undertake any sort of job like this for anyone these days, everyone appears to want everything done for free, and my time is fairly valuable to me. I do however love the selective wilful neglect of the servicing schedules laid down by certain tightfisted members of the forum, based upon the dogged adherence to the most stupidly moronic insistence that based upon a sample of one vehicle this person has worked on, it is safe to neglect such schedules. Brian |
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I'm more fastidious than you will ever be Simon, and I can assure you one thing, having had considerably wider and varied experience than you will ever gain if you live to be a thousand years old, I would never "advise" any owner to take the risk of not doing this particular job by the book. If you want to take risks, however calculated you may consider them to be with your own vehicle, that is one thing, however advising others that this is a wise route to take is another thin entirely. I doubt you would advocate running around on 19 year old tyres simply as the the tread depth was in excess of 1.6mm.........but then again you probably do, I've met your type before Doing a job once over a period of weeks, does not make you either competent, nor qualified to advise others as to how the best way to proceed with unknown variables, the very same can be said about any other job carried out with a control sample of one vehicle. I've no issue with your "servicing" regime with your own car, but merely that you without a care in the world, advise others that playing Russian Roulette is a good thing Brian |
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