Xantia HDi Timing Belt

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Xantia HDi Timing Belt

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I've just bought a Xantia Estate with the HDi engine. It has done 93000 miles so will be due a timing belt very soon.

Is the timing belt any more difficult than on an XUD? My mate claims it's an engine-out job, but it looks to me like there is at least as much room down there as on the old engine.

Can anybody confirm how big a job it is?
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I found it no more difficult than an XUD - definitly not engine out

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That's just what I wanted to hear, thanks. :D

I did find the engine out bit hard to believe.

Even with the imminent timing belt job I think £1450 is a good price for a tidy 2000 estate with that engine. It's also got a soft engine mount and a missing red cover from the driver's door mirror but that's about all I can see.
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Only difference between the two is that you won't find the auto-tensioner on the HDi.
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It cost me £50 to get a belt (supplied by me) fitted to my TD, I'll probably just get the same guy to fit it. Anything else I should be replacing at the same time?
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Post by JohnD »

I would change the auxiliary belt at the same time. Also get your guy to look closely at the crank pulley. It has rubber bonding in it which can give up after long usage.
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