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1.0 12V 1999 (x10xe) corsa - Chain or belt?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:36 am
by gaborgya
Hello everyone!
I bought a 1.0 12V (1999) corsa yesterday. Is it chain driven or has a cambelt? If it is cambelt driven I want to change the belt it immidiately as I do not know when it was changed last.
Thanks for the answer...
Tomas
Re: 1.0 12V 1999 (x10xe) corsa - Chain or belt?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:43 pm
by Octane2097
its a Chain
No need to worry
the x10xe 12v and x12xe 16v wer both chain driven
Re: 1.0 12V 1999 (x10xe) corsa - Chain or belt?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:05 pm
by psycho657
chains can still go slack and i changed mine at 50k cos it started rattling, but at least u get warning as with a belt itl just go like a bitch.
Re: 1.0 12V 1999 (x10xe) corsa - Chain or belt?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:54 pm
by Chrex
Chains only go if the oiling system is faulty for some reason...but they are supposed to be lifetime things...never have to change them! As its all self-contained and sealed they rarely go wrong.
Re: 1.0 12V 1999 (x10xe) corsa - Chain or belt?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:10 am
by Adam-D
unfortunatly its vauxhall saying there lifetime fit,
they did this on the vectra and when they started snapping they dropped it to 80k
they did the same with the belts on normal engines they first said 80k then dropped it to 40k
good ol vaux