So my first job on the Activa is underway ... the cambelt kit, water pump and AUX belt. However I have cheated as ive sent it to my usually place for cambelts - I usually do most other things but dislike doing cambelts, quite glad I did ...
The garage phoned earlier to ask me how the car was running and performing. I said the engine runs excellently, performance is superb, the engine is nice and quiet, fuel consumption is as expected and the torque it has from low revs right up to high revs is amazing.
They said thats a wonder, as with the way the timing is set up its a amazing that it runs at all ...
They also said that it had had a new cambelt at some time, new marks had been added to allow timing of the engine, if the timing was correct to sepc it would be a lot different and not run due to how its running now . i.e. fine.
So they suggested that it might have had another crank fitted in the past with a longer throw.
To be honest most of this went in one ear and out of the other, so this is a dumbed down version of what they said
Ive no idea what could be the reason for the timing to be so far from how it should be. However it runs excellently and pulls better than a train.
The last I heard at around 3.30 today was that they were fitting the new parts and leaving the timing around where it was. It should be done tomorrow morning so ill have a good look at the old belts and pump to see how they were.
They said its a bit of a fiddly job as a lot of the plastics are a fiddle to get off. Ive such little knowledge of doing a camblet I didnt want to start on this car, so I think I did the wise thing for me and got them to do it. Ive had them do numerous cambelts on all sots of cars and they have always been spot on, so my faith is in them!
After I explained how it goes and what the car actually is, they are looking forward to test driving it
Shame, I was looking forward to getting in from work and giving it a drive.
Just Citroens here now, the 8 of them.
) and London.. 
