Do you change your own timing belt?

[Wanderer]

What's a timing belt?  Have looked it up in the TD5 manual and I don't have one  

well you do have a chain that unscrews the oil pump bolt  :lol:

That was below the belt!

:lol:

Pun intended!

[J B]

when changing the cam belt on a 3oo tdi  with serpantine belt, in order to get the bottom pulley bolt undone you :-

remove serantine belt from the alternator, then fold the excess of the belt into itself at the crank pulley, depending on which side of the crank pulley, for either undoing or doing up, the belt then grips into the pulley so you can undo or do up the crank bolt

no special tools needed, other than summat to get the viscus fan off, which i did with a thick strip of steel with a 30mm slot in, though i fitted a kenlowe kit at the same time so i dont have to worry about that again 8)

ta jon

[ben_haynes]

specialist tools needed

a couple of old drill bits to lock the cam pulley and diesel pump pulley up, it is easy

[Bulli]

You dont write the manuals so you?....just kidding, i thought i'd been rumbled for my earlier comment!

[petergalileo]

I can change an engine, top up air-con, remove gearboxes, take bodies off etc etc.

I never do timing belts, with modern engines, there is so little clearance between pistons and valves, best left to the garage.  If it breaks or is done incorrectly, you can take it back to them.  if you DIY it, its your problem !

Doesn't help that the first one I ever did, I did incorrectly and knackered the engine.  It was lucky it was a Lada Samara so was worth about the same afterwards anyway, besides, engine was an option on it anyway ! LOL

Besides, my V8 doesnt have a timing belt  :twisted:

Peter

[jnoshea]

Well, egg'd on by a 55% majority I decided to give it a go  :shock:

Unfortunately, couldn't get the crankshaft pulley nut undone.  I managed to restrain the crankshaft using the 'tucked in belt' method mentioned by jon boy, which worked a treat but the nut was done up so tight that I managed to bend my wheelbrace trying  

Besides, I have enough to do this weekend: strip the head, get the head back on, fit new turbo, flush intercooler, change oil and filters. 8)

[IamGoliath]

:D For those of you who are struggling with the removel of the crankshart pulleyGet a good quality spanner to fit the nut, turn the engine over with the spanner until the spanner rests on the chassis, making sure you turn it in the direction that the engine turns when running, then making sure that nobody is near the engine bay, flick the ignition key quickly on and straight off again, this will start the nut moving.  This sounds abit extreme but it does work.  JUST BE CAREFULL!.