Timing belt replacement report

[RichardK]

Well I've done 200 kms and these are my thoughts:

• Definitely more get up and go

The difference in standing start pickup is unbelievable, goes off the mark like a bullet...........absolute joy

• So much smoother

the gear changes are ultra smooth, hardly feel them

• Changes down so much quicker under acceleration
• Engine is so much quieter and idles more smoothly

• And last but most interestingly

The shuddering that I thought was a gearbox issue which had become quite bad has disappeared, and, although I have tried to create the circumstances in which it started previously, I can't at this stage make it shudder

The only explanation I can come up with is that the worn belt was causing erratic timing under acceleration thus causing the shuddering

So all in all it's like driving out of the showroom