Cambelt change on 1.9TD

deere3350 · Post by **deere3350** » 11 May 2006, 19:11

Whatever you do, avoid a franchised dealer. Timing belt kit and water pump cost me £370

two weeks ago on my trusty old 212,000 mile 306TD. Got all the bits back and was interesting to note that the tensioner bearing looked like it could have done another 70,000 despite never having been changed from new.

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 12 May 2006, 15:36

Dear deere -

Thats falsh thinking

What IF -
The tensioner failed during the next belt interval

Gammy leg · Post by **Gammy leg** » 08 Aug 2006, 19:53

Update

Just had full belt kit ( tensioners, rollers etc ), auxilliary belt and water pump supplied and fitted by recomended, reputable family owned Saab specialist for £345 incl. Hopefully this will ensure no visits to 'le ard shoulder' when I visit France in 2 weeks time for les vacances.

Gammy

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 08 Aug 2006, 23:00

AndersDK wrote:Dear deere -

Thats falsh thinking
What IF -
The tensioner failed during the next belt interval

What if the replacement failed in the next interval?

If the bearings are in good condition and there is no reason to suspect it will fail, why change it?

Parts fail prematurely and parts wear out, statistically speaking if you look at the life cycle of most things, you're better off with nearly new than new

Personally I've just changed my belts and I didn't change the tensioners, I did change the water pump, but changing the water pump was the reason I was changing the belts rather than changing the pump speculatively.

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 09 Aug 2006, 09:19

I agree with Kowalski on this. If as Gammy said, his engine has only done 60,000 in 6 years, there's no way the tensioners would need replacing. I've had XUD's in BX's and 205's and Xantias and although I've changed belts at 45K, I've never needed to replace tension pulleys before 120K.