timing belt

Hello fine people, does anyone know how much roughly a garage will charge for a belt plus tentioner change, just got a 90 300tdi 87000m and no evidence of a belt change. The aux drive belt (7ridge) is in a bit of a state too so that will need replacing too, or if anyone in the durham/sunderland area wants to do it for me im sure i can make it worth their while.

£120 ish + parts

thanks mate

Make sure you get the uprated tensinor they used to have a habit of failing around £5o for the kit

ok will tell garage

A garage would normally cost more than £120 I would've thought!! If you have a garage and the tools it is easily a doable job, just time consuming. Make sure that you set the timing spot on, you can do this by use a timing pin to ensure it is set and not moved.

Timing kit would cost around £50-70

I managed mine in 4 hours, the first time, that included flushing out the rad and intercooler.

Daft question, but how do you flush an intercooler? Did my rad over the weekend and want to do the IC...

Also want to do the timing belt/gear at some stage....

Paraffin and let it dry out

what he said, but I used petrol as well asa second rinse out, it dries quicker & cos i had some

Landyfox said:

A garage would normally cost more than £120 I would've thought!! If you have a garage and the tools it is easily a doable job, just time consuming. Make sure that you set the timing spot on, you can do this by use a timing pin to ensure it is set and not moved.

Timing kit would cost around £50-70

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£60 tops per hour x 2 maybe you take longer and have more confidence and experience not everyone is a mechanic so to speak

Grit Valve said:

£60 tops per hour x 2 maybe you take longer and have more confidence and experience not everyone is a mechanic so to speak

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I agree it is not a difficult job, however I may indeed take a long time being a home mechanic, although I would rather check twice and do the job right the first time - it aint no race, thats just me

I'm simply suggestion that he may expect to pay a garage more than £120. I don't know but would expect them to quote in excess of £160.

Landyfox said:

I agree it is not a difficult job, however I may indeed take a long time being a home mechanic, although I would rather check twice and do the job right the first time - it aint no race, thats just me

I'm simply suggestion that he may expect to pay a garage more than £120. I don't know but would expect them to quote in excess of £160.

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I did say £120 + parts that's the same.

My 300tdi has done 42,000 dusty miles since timing belt changed - should it be changed now.

OLDUN said:

My 300tdi has done 42,000 dusty miles since timing belt changed - should it be changed now.

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I think its every 60k, no doubt someone will confirm Or tell me Im talking bollocks, one of the two

Grimmer said:

I think its every 60k, no doubt someone will confirm Or tell me Im talking bollocks, one of the two

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yer talking bollocks





I don't know the interval for the timing belt

42.000 miles is quite low, as long as you've had the upgrade I would expect you to get at least 55,000 to maybe 65/70,000.

If you can afford it, there's no harm in changing it, certainly provide you peice of mind!

60K is the book interval, but there is a time specified as well, cant remember what that is tho...

full modified kit, OEM pulleys, tensioner and dayco belt was about £70 a couple of months ago when I got mine, cant remember what the new drive belt cost, wasnt much for a gates belt, it has to come off for the timing belt anyhoo.

My 1995 300tdi has done 28k and never had it changed, do you think I should get it done just as a precaution purely based on the age of the belt?

I would, especially as that age of 300 had the "old style" pulley system, which had the guides on the crank pulley, and a tendancy to fail prematurely,
Look for a yellow X on the timing case to see if its had the mod or not,

28K miles, original/tracable, and what has it done in its earlier life, spent a lot of time idling?? that sounds like an unbelievably low mileage for an 18 y/o motor.