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"Iain Miller" > wrote:

>
> "News" > wrote in message
> ...
> > It has done 104000miles, and it is a 1.8. The cambelt was done at
> > 85,000
>
> As long as the tensioners were replaced as well then the cambelt
> should be good to go.

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> Listen for noise from the Cam chain at the back of the head - you'll
> tend to get a bit of a rattle on start up but that should be it. If
> its persistently noisy/rattling then its a long job to replace the
> tensioner.

If it's got a cambelt (at the front of the engine), what's this cam
chain at the back?

Startup rattle usually comes from the hydraulic tappets as the oil
pressure builds up - not normally a problem.

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Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')