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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: J B on July 13, 2005, 23:21:44

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: J B on July 13, 2005, 23:21:44

gonna go right through my engine

apart from cam belt and tensioners, what else is "a good idea" to change, while i'm at it???

apart from the usuall oils and filters

all suggestions greatly appreaciated

ta jon

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: Budgie on July 14, 2005, 00:12:59

1.Drive belt
2.Rocker cover seal, I take it the tappets will be checked.
3.O-ring that seals the oil vapor collector thingy on the rocker cover (you know the round black thing on the drivers side with 2 pipes coming from it  :wink: )
4.Something to give the intercooler a wash out, if your going that far.

That's about all I can thing of just now if you've got the filters etc covered.
Is it just the engine your doing or the axles & gear/transfer boxes as well?

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: ChrisW on July 14, 2005, 12:57:13

P gasket on the back of the water pump for the metal version - see if you have the tell-tale sign of water running down the side of the block from behind the water pump.

Replaced mine a month or so ago (it was leaking) to find that the paper one had already been replaced for a metal one  :shock:

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: J B on July 14, 2005, 19:34:17

cheers guys, though i did see somewhere that the push rods and rockers are a weak point, any ideas

gonna fit a new full width intercooler at some point anyway 8)

what about the mod on the fuel pump, to give the timming belt better grip, how can i check if its been done or not?

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: Budgie on July 14, 2005, 21:17:10

Quote from: "jon boy"

cheers guys, though i did see somewhere that the push rods and rockers are a weak point, any ideas

gonna fit a new full width intercooler at some point anyway 8)

what about the mod on the fuel pump, to give the timming belt better grip, how can i check if its been done or not?

The only problem I remember with the rockers is the cap on top of the valves, they occasionally cracked or came off the valve, opening up the gap and making the thing "Tap" like crazy.

The only way, short of taking the timing cover off, of checking if the kit has been fitted is to look for a splodge of yellow paint that "should" have been put on the casing near where the air-con pump goes. But not all had this done.  :roll:
You can check the condition of the belt by getting a torch and looking up through the hole in the bottom of the casing.

Title: 300 tdi service, whats needed
Post by: muddyweb on July 18, 2005, 09:19:25

Quote from: "jon boy"

cheers guys, though i did see somewhere that the push rods and rockers are a weak point, any ideas

The push rods are deliberately "weak" on the Tdi...  if the timing belt fails, the pushrods tend to fail before the engine destroys itself completely.