Timing Belt Quest

[pentan]

Hi, I have just paid $1600 to put in a new fuel pump and clean. I have been told by mechanic i need to replace my timing belt at 90,000 km. I am at 90 745km already, how long can i go before i need to change it. I need to drive from Melbourne to Perth in mid november 08?
Thanks :o

[Hymie]

I'm told they should be replaced at 100000 K or less if a lot of slow off road work is normally done by the vehicle.
If you are confident in stretching it out to 100000K do it.

[waynep]

And you would have a 300Tdi ?

[pentan]

No, its a 1997 Freelander 2.5l petrol auto

[mike 90 RR]

No, its a 1997 Freelander 2.5l petrol auto

Most cars with belts are generally changed at the 100thou K mark

The reason is to ensure that it is changed before the life of the belt has expired .... so as no risk / damage of sending "suddenly stopped valves" being embedded into the piston's


Which will = new motor

Mike

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[101RRS]

No, its a 1997 Freelander 2.5l petrol auto

There is no such car. In 1997 it was either a 2.0 diesel or a 1.8 litre petrol 4 cylinder and there was no auto on either - the diesel is every 80,000km and the 1.8 litre petrol is every 60,000km (source is my workshop manual).

From about 2000 the 2.5litre V6 became available - I do not have the information on it but it is the same familiy of engines as the 1.8 4 cylinder so is likely to be 60,000km - there was a auto available on this engine.

There was also the TD4 Diesel with an auto but it has a chain and does not need replacing.

I suspect your car is not a 1997 model but a post 2000 V6 auto. There are ba few people on here with these cars so someone will be able to tell you what the change interval is - but you need to specifically and accurately indicate what we are talking about - there are a large number of different landies.

Cheers

Garry

[loanrangie]

Buy new belt, chuck out car and voila - new belt :p.

[RoverP6B]

It would be highly advisable to have the belt replaced sooner rather than later.

I can site an example of a Holden Vectra V6, belts are to be changed every 80,000km. At 82,000km while driving along the M4 here in Sydney, the car came to grinding halt. :o

Fortunately it was not my car, but the cost of not having the belt attended to by the due time was now $6000 in engine damage:eek:

So, don't drive to Perth if you have not had the belt changed, or you might come to a grinding (literally) halt in the middle of the desert!!!

Ron.

[pentan]

see above:wasntme:

[pentan]

Hi Garry,
You are right, it is a 2001 V6 petrol auto freelander, I got the yr mixed up with my last car. Do you know who i could call regarding the cost of replacement of the belt and when it should have been done?
I am in St Kilda VIC.
Also the mechanic who serviced my car said best to sell it at 120,000km as hoses start splitting. I really love my freelander, and dont really want to sell it but I am heading out to the central deserts for work next year and need a car that wont break down. What do you think?
Thanks for that!
Penny:o

[101RRS]

I am sorry I do not know much about the V6 - though there are a couple of V6 owners on here who might come in and offer advice.

Since I have had my car it has never been to a mechanic as I work on it myself so I am not able to make any recommendations to get work done - plus I am in Canberra.

However, I think your current mechanic knows less about the car than I do. What I do know is that there is nothing wrong with the reliabilty of freelander (maybe the 1.8 excepted) if they are serviced as necessary - look after the car and it will be fine - why would freelander hoses crack more than any other car - the hoses are not made by landrover, they are made by the same company that makes hoses for a whole range of cars - a lot of people who don't know anything talk through their arses about Freelanders and Landies:mad:.

Garry