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[Bobthebeard]

Actually having manned up and got stuck into the job it is going (fingers crossed) better than I expected! Rain and wind about to stop play for the rest of the weekend now it seems.

[Bobthebeard]

Well, the job is done!

With hindsight I was worrying for no reason really. Not a difficult job as such, just a lot of careful dismantling/assembling and being methodical. Crankshaft pulley bolt was REALLY tight though.Used an (hired) impact wrench after much struggling which loosened it easily.Now torqued up properly.

Would be happy( ish) to tackle another KV6 belt(s) change knowing what I know now. The Haynes book is a bit all over the place, as you need to keep referring to different sections, but it makes sense eventually. The belts should be good for another 90,000 miles now. Hopefully.

[AMC Rebel]

I hope mine are OK when I finally get around to putting the engine back in

 

Well done, fellow KV6 lover.  Actually, I think it is a decent engine.

[fatharris]

Good effort! Cambelts are still something I won't do yet. Might buy a cheap shitter and practise.

[Pillock]

Good work Beard. It's a good feeling when you manage to complete something that was kicking you in the ass

[Barry Cade]

http://forums.xpowerforums.com/showthread.php?t=60892

[Dave_Q]

Good effort BTB, I've done a couple of I4s now and am fairly confident on them, but the extraness of a V6 would put me off.

 

I'd say you could make a few quid doing other people's as there's a real fear factor around doing the belts on this particular engine.

[Barry Cade]

I'll be doing mine soon, well within the mileage,but 7 years ago. Having read a few manuals and stuff it seems nowhere near as bad as it's reputation.Spent years defending the k series and now going in to the kV..hopefully it's as good and well engineered.

[AMC Rebel]

Good effort BTB, I've done a couple of I4s now and am fairly confident on them, but the extraness of a V6 would put me off.

 

I'd say you could make a few quid doing other people's as there's a real fear factor around doing the belts on this particular engine.

 

 

I've seen a few tales of OMG failures after belt changes so I wouldn't fancy trying it for a living, bearing in mind the Joe Public mentality of "my radio failed 7 years after you changed the cambelt so I demand compensation"  Also it is a swine of a job.

[beko1987]

Well done! I've learned with cambelt changes that the job is much easier once you've done it once! Took me 1 3/4 days to to do the xantia last weekend, I'm hoping that 3 to 4 hours will see it fixed properly this weekend!

 

Sometimes you've just got to bite the bullet and jfdi!

[Bobthebeard]

I'll be doing mine soon, well within the mileage,but 7 years ago. Having read a few manuals and stuff it seems nowhere near as bad as it's reputation.Spent years defending the k series and now going in to the kV..hopefully it's as good and well engineered.

I bought the set of 'special tools' but actually only used the locking pin and the bit of wire to keep the tensioner in place when compressed. As per the how to you linked the tools aren't actually necessary. They would make the job more foolproof, but not actually needed really. However if anyone wants to borrow the kit it can be done for the cost of postage. IMHO the KV6 is very well engineered. The 2.5 especially so as MG Rover sorted out the issues that affected the earlier 2.0 kv6.