Thread: DIY 300 tdi timing belt?

Originally Posted by warren9981

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Make sure you get the spanner to remove the fan as well. It is awkward without this offset spanner.

The viscous hub spanner is a standard 32mm fan spanner that should be available almost anywhere specialist tools are sold, eg good auto parts wholesalers. They are pretty cheap.

The kit including the pins sounds like a great idea.
The locking pins can be fabbed relatively easily, eg the pump one I use a masonry drill bit shank as it's exactly the right size. Flywheel locking pin I made, (BSP adapter drilled and tapped to take a turned down 6mm bolt that screws in to the slot to lock the flywheel) etc,
Crank holding tool is a bit harder, but a few of us have made them. Some dealers just used a ground down chisel jammed in one of the flywheel slots, which seemed a bit too bodgy for me.....

I checked the fan nut spanner after Rick 130 posted the size, it is indeed 32mm, it was 6 years ago and I forgot that for some reason I ground out a 30mm to 32mm.

Hey I was going to ask this myself on the D1 forum but I actually used the search function...HA! Still don't know much but I was wondering if the cam belt was possible to be a DIY job, seems like it is, just not sure if I can do it in an apartment building underground car park hmmm might need an actual garage...hello parents!!

Should be a thread on the forum about changing the timing belt. This is something you can do in your apartment basement if you have the tools. Make sure you get hold of the bolts to lock the crank/flywheel and camshaft.

Yep its DIY.

Not that that means too much coming from me, I consider complete engine rebuilds DIY.

if you go at it and need a hand or more details drop me a PM for my number.

Thanks so much guys especially that offer Blknight...legends on this forum!

Here's a question...I saw that I can buy a major or a minor kit...which would I need? It hasn't snapped or anything I just want to do it because it hasn't been done for a while and the manual says every 3 years...not that I'm sure that's necessary but better to be safe than sorry and it's been about 5 or 6 years since I bought it and I have never had it done. I've only driven about 20,000km on it though.

Anyway, I was wondering about the major or minor kit...?

minor such as this.

httphttp://www.roverparts.com.au/inc/sdetail/679/298://