1999 dse intermittantly cuts out at low speeds

Bmcoupe said:

Any idea what he did and have you got a link to his post on here thanks I am fairly hang think I could change it myself if I got the tool to hold the chain up it's just the timing that worries me changed a headgasket on a 320d with a timing chain but I know the timing has to be within a 1/1000 of an inch, do you think though that if I fitted one an expert would time it up for

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No link, you will have to search. As I remember it, the end stop is a brass post that gets notched, maybe the post was just turned to present an unworn face. Pump did not need to come off to do this, just the top 2 sections which must have scribe lines for refitting before any attempt to remove.
Not hard to do the timing if you have the kit which is not that expensive.
Wammers is the man for info on the timing kit.