Timing chain or belt ??

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conork234
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Timing chain or belt ??

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just wondering does my corsa have a timing chain or belt it is a 1998 5 door 1.0? :)
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Timing chain
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As coupes says mate think only 8v engines had a belt
If it ain't green and black send it back :D
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All 8v engines and 1.4 and 1.6 16v are belt 1.0 and 1.2 16v are chain

Then nearly all of the z range engines are chain but they come in the b
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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It's all bs that are belt apart from the 1.0
They then did away with belts for some reason
On the Corsa c
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coupe77 wrote:It's all bs that are belt apart from the 1.0
They then did away with belts for some reason
On the Corsa c
And the 1.2 16v [emoji14]
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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Yes forgot about that one lol
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