Originally Posted by
paulmex
Just done one in a galaxy and like you say 8 valves bent and the pistons were so badly damaged we had to rebuild the whole motor
A local vauxhall dealer had done the cam belt but didn't know about the other wet belt , it only had 110k on it when it let go so should have been ok till 125k change ?
Bet that has happened to a lot of people,the chain worked perfect,why change it to a crappy wet belt,have changed these 20-30,000 miles before they were due and they still looked like they were going to fall apart,cracked and perished looking,really bad design IMO,the damage they do is pretty bad,fella from ford that delivers our parts said they've been know to also bend rods but never personally seen it
They can also be changed back to chain set up using ford parts