Cossie timing belt tension
24-02-2007, 03:46 PM
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Cossie timing belt tension
Just done my timing belt and fitted a new tensioner on my saff cossie 4x4. A lad who was helping me said give it a couple of weeks n readjust the tensioner.Is this right or do u just leave it how it is.
24-02-2007, 04:13 PM
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Sweet well thats what i thought. But this lad well i sud say bloke has been in the motor trade all his life n he said adjust the tensioner,after a few weeks.
24-02-2007, 04:29 PM
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Would not hurt to check but this is more for your peace of mind than anything else!!.
The belts are stranded kevlar usually, as they do not wear rear face of belt, dimensionally they will not alter.
He is just being cautious, nothing wrong with that just a bit out of date, my dad is the same.
I told him not to top up coolant to top on the mondy I just sold him with rebuilt engine as it is expansion tank, he filled it up and blew the head gasket as water had nowhere to go, did me for 15,000 miles, two weeks with him and bang it goes!!, he is a ex mechy as well.
I think the older people tend to be a lot more cautious than younger ones as they were brough up with cars that needed a lot more care and attention and were not as reliable as today, my dad does not trust those"new fangled timing belts", or "fuel injection stuff".
We are converting his V8 xr4i to injection though now as he has seen how much better it is than carbs, as he now uses it all day in mondy!!, still doesn't trust it though!!
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The belts are stranded kevlar usually, as they do not wear rear face of belt, dimensionally they will not alter.
He is just being cautious, nothing wrong with that just a bit out of date, my dad is the same.
I told him not to top up coolant to top on the mondy I just sold him with rebuilt engine as it is expansion tank, he filled it up and blew the head gasket as water had nowhere to go, did me for 15,000 miles, two weeks with him and bang it goes!!, he is a ex mechy as well.
I think the older people tend to be a lot more cautious than younger ones as they were brough up with cars that needed a lot more care and attention and were not as reliable as today, my dad does not trust those"new fangled timing belts", or "fuel injection stuff".
We are converting his V8 xr4i to injection though now as he has seen how much better it is than carbs, as he now uses it all day in mondy!!, still doesn't trust it though!!
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24-02-2007, 06:14 PM
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Yeh i think ur right they arnt used 2 modern cars.I thought this timing belt on my car was a awkward but got it done in the end, took radiator out 2 get the bottom pulley off with a puller. But its done now peace of mind.
24-02-2007, 06:21 PM
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Belts are a doddle on these when pulleys off, which can be fun.
I got to take mine off and there is no head on it so nothing to jam pulley to stop movement, just have to put my DIY puller on it, glad I made it now saves breaking pulley.
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I got to take mine off and there is no head on it so nothing to jam pulley to stop movement, just have to put my DIY puller on it, glad I made it now saves breaking pulley.
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