300tdi snapped cam belt

Disco71 said:

right got the bolt off now the bottom pulley won't move.......any suggestions other than a big hammer ?

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socket and a big breaker bar jammed onto the chassis and a very quick flick of the starter is the normal method

hang on Sean - dint he say he has the bolt off - so a hub puller shud just pull the pulley straight orf.

The Mad Hat Man said:

hang on Sean - dint he say he has the bolt off - so a hub puller shud just pull the pulley straight orf.

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sean needs to go to specsavers

got it off now unbolting the cover

think I found the problem.........i need to leave Salisbury where it it and not bring it home in my engine ! :doh::doh::doh:

yu do yuze a wading plug - dont ya?

what u reccon ?

well.....
if yu duz - and it still looked like tha - we all autta be worrited.
if yu dont - i think yu might be in future.

just think wot the inside of ya bellhousing looks like?
mite be worth taking off the starter motor and having a shufty inside??

I would take all the pulleys off, clean the lot. If you were not planning on replacing the idler and tensioner pulley then make sure you do that too.

yep have a new idler and tensioner........had the kit about 18 months :doh::doh::doh::doh:

Gosh .... just saw the piccies .... it was driving on the public roads with all the crap inside.

I wonder what's in his bellhousing. Couple of bream most like,

CharlesY

From what I gather he's rather enthusiastic when ity comes to mud plugging.

ratty said:

From what I gather he's rather enthusiastic when ity comes to mud plugging.

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Sure, and we all applaud his efforts to get the OUTSIDES of his Landy all pretty and muddy (that being what Landy paint is for) but someone needs to tell him it is NOT necessary to fill the INSIDES of his engine with mud.

I still want to know what's in the bellhousing!

CharlesY

Have yu read this and this and this?
It seems there is a lot of info on premature wear on early 300Tdi engines. Oh facial landrover fixes and possible bearing replacements. Might just save yu some money.

The Mad Hat Man said:

Have yu read this?

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I have now. Thanks.
CharlesY

sorry Uncle CharlesY - i have added to my post several times.

A good tip here is to remove the rocker gear complete, most discos bend all push rods or bend rocker arms, very rarely any engine damage...take out glow plugs and do a compression test on cyl,s...if OK then carefully examine rocker arms for damage even stress cracks will fail eventually so look with a mag glass ...you must replace all push rods (as has been suggested)...if the comp test fails you are in trouble but done thro the plug holes saves you taking injector gear off...best of luck..