Thread: Timing Belt Quest

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.

And you would have a 300Tdi ?

No, its a 1997 Freelander 2.5l petrol auto

Originally Posted by pentan

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

Originally Posted by pentan

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

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

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.

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

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.

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