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Hi folks,
I'm about to do my water pump and timing belt kit.
I've read through the service guide and it recommends using a specific tool for measuring the tension on the belt. I've searched online and can't seem to find one for sale.
Has anyone used an alternative tool they can recommend?
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Also is there a tidy way of draining the coolant beforehand? Every youtube video I've watched people just seem to pull the water pump off and let the coolant out everywhere, which I'd like to avoid since I'm doing it in my driveway.
Last edited by Wingnut (2024-10-13 14:45:48)
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I think removing the bottom rad hose is the usual way
as I've never seen any reference to a drain valve
When all else fails, RTFM
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Thanks man, any suggestions on getting the tension on the belt right?
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I know of the tensior gadget but never had or used one.
I got my local guy to do my cam belt kit as he's very reasonable and reliable
and couldn't be be arsed to do it myself
RE tension,
there is/was a rule of thumb which involved how much you could twist the belt under tension
to give an idea of how tight/loose it was.
Its been a while since i did a cam belt and cant recall exact parameters
but as a crude example, if you could twist the belt 180 degrees it was too loose
and if you could NOT or struggled to twist it 45 degrees, it was too tight
and if you could twist it 90 degrees under tension it was about right.
I also cant recall if this was on the longer or shorter reaches of the belt.
I repeat this is a guess from vague memory
but it was something like the above
I seem to recall doing the cam belt on my old C15 1.9D XUD lump like this
Last edited by RegW (2024-10-13 21:55:45)
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Yeah I had seen a few Twisting the belt on the long upper side of it alright I'll do a bit more research, I had asked a local mechanic for a quote on a few jobs, fitting the springs and belts being two of them, he took all my details 6 weeks ago and I've heard nothing since so I said f**k it I'm have a go meself.
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