Thanks for posting this. This is very helpful especially as I now know that my crank pulley will likely be corroded on as well. Your timing belt was in a terrible condition so you were very wise to change it. I always change everything at the same time even it seems fine, but I never get to use my cars long enough to make this practice worthwhile because I always have very old high mileage cars. I don't know why I do it really. Carefully checking that you had the timing set correctly was great to see.
Good video mate , iam sad to break it to you but I would be worried about that water pump , especially when it's one with a plastic impeller . If it fails on you U can do all of that again . I hope it will not happen but it can happen . Those things are prone to fail .
I used to agree with you. Lots of preventative maintenance. Now I don’t. The vehicle has a very small value. A recovery truck is cheap. I’ll take my chances
@@bootsowen Lol, no, it means basically naturally aspirated. It has no forced induction, be it a turbo or a supercharger. It does indeed produce less power than a turbocharged (or supercharged) engine. Same engine as this one (75hp) with a turbo can produce roughly twice the power (abour 140hp), so this one is kind of slow(er).
IMHO you torqued the idler pulley waaaay too much. This is likely to make it fail prematurely. If you need the proper torque value, you can ask me. Also, why not change the water pump while you were there ? Same for the little idler pulley on top of the belt. If one of those fails it will bugger your new belt and all what you've done and probably take out your whole engine. But maybe you had your reasons. Still, when you run the engine with the timing belt still off (at abour 1:09:00), I could swear I heard the little idler whining... :( Once you've set the tensioner right the 1st time, you then turn then engine from the crankshaft (2 turns) then you reset the tension if needed. Poking the belt with the rubbery but still sharp end of your tool is not advisable, since it puts a stress at that place on the belt and makes for a higher probability of failure at that point. Sorry for me being such a wet blanket and thank you for sharing the vidjayo, it's the only good quality one I could find and I wanted to see how this is done. Take care!
Thanks. I am not sure how I feel about this car. I paid £1000 for it and it was at just under 100000miles and still on its first timing belt. 100000 is the recommended interval for this engine. It is almost a year now that I have owned it and I don't think I have done anything other than change the belt and the oil. So for things like the water pump and the little idler pulley: I just don't care. There are lots of things I could do. Filters, flushes, brake fluid change, etc, etc, but it is an old car. I hope it will last me about 4 more years, but if it doesn't I will buy another similar car. I used torque settings when I did the timing belt on my VW T4 ABL engine the first time and the water pump too. Then the second time I didn't bother. I am not sure about maintenance on anything anymore. If the engine blows up well that's that. I think the odds are low. As for poking the belt, I appreciate that advice. Odd that you say my vid is the quality one! I think I explain the logic a bit better on the T4 timing belt vids. But that engine was easier because it didn't have that stupid engine mount in the middle of the belt path!!
I am not sure why I even changed it, the old belt looked cracked and was 17 or so years old, but it may have given another 17 years of service. We will never know!
@@bootsowen Thanks for the thorough answer. My point is that you invested money in the belt kit and time into changing the belt, so to me it does not make any sense not to do the water pump (maybe 30 quid) and leaving an ancient little idler pully that can fnck up all your the work you've done. Now, agreed, your car, your rules ;) I personnaly do not abide by these rules because I do not want to spend 100 quid and a day wrenchin' just to see all that obliterated because of a cheap stupid part I didn't change. As for the quality of the vidjayo, it does has value to me because I couldn't find, for the life of me, a decent vidjayo on this engine, except yours. Also, I said it had value to me, but I didn't mean because of the method you used. Personnaly I would have gone a little different. Actually all just like you did except put some marks on the old belt (and the corresponding parts (crankshaft, etc.)) and transfer those marks to the new belt. That would have avoided the 1st wrong instalation of the new belt because it would have let you see immediately it was one teeth away from where it should have been. An old trick an old mechanic once showed me, mind you, I didn't come up with it. :) Anyways, cheers and keep up the good work!
Thanks for posting this. This is very helpful especially as I now know that my crank pulley will likely be corroded on as well. Your timing belt was in a terrible condition so you were very wise to change it. I always change everything at the same time even it seems fine, but I never get to use my cars long enough to make this practice worthwhile because I always have very old high mileage cars. I don't know why I do it really. Carefully checking that you had the timing set correctly was great to see.
Good video mate , iam sad to break it to you but I would be worried about that water pump , especially when it's one with a plastic impeller . If it fails on you U can do all of that again . I hope it will not happen but it can happen . Those things are prone to fail .
I used to agree with you. Lots of preventative maintenance. Now I don’t. The vehicle has a very small value. A recovery truck is cheap. I’ll take my chances
Brilliant. Very clear. Thank you
You're very welcome!
Good video, I'd change everything though, crankshaft pulley and waterpump especially
you could always buy a new car, where do you stop? It is nearly two years since I changed the oil!
Hi how many teeth does the cluth have on the vw 1.9sdi
I don’t know. How many teeth does the cluth have?
What does the s stands in sdi as I know what tdi means(TurboDiesel Injection
Slow
@@bootsowen Lol, no, it means basically naturally aspirated. It has no forced induction, be it a turbo or a supercharger. It does indeed produce less power than a turbocharged (or supercharged) engine. Same engine as this one (75hp) with a turbo can produce roughly twice the power (abour 140hp), so this one is kind of slow(er).
@@bootsowen 😂😂😂😂
@@SerbanCMusca-ut8ny ok thanks
Just found out it’s stands for Semi Direct Injection
IMHO you torqued the idler pulley waaaay too much. This is likely to make it fail prematurely. If you need the proper torque value, you can ask me.
Also, why not change the water pump while you were there ? Same for the little idler pulley on top of the belt. If one of those fails it will bugger your new belt and all what you've done and probably take out your whole engine. But maybe you had your reasons. Still, when you run the engine with the timing belt still off (at abour 1:09:00), I could swear I heard the little idler whining... :(
Once you've set the tensioner right the 1st time, you then turn then engine from the crankshaft (2 turns) then you reset the tension if needed. Poking the belt with the rubbery but still sharp end of your tool is not advisable, since it puts a stress at that place on the belt and makes for a higher probability of failure at that point.
Sorry for me being such a wet blanket and thank you for sharing the vidjayo, it's the only good quality one I could find and I wanted to see how this is done. Take care!
Thanks. I am not sure how I feel about this car. I paid £1000 for it and it was at just under 100000miles and still on its first timing belt. 100000 is the recommended interval for this engine. It is almost a year now that I have owned it and I don't think I have done anything other than change the belt and the oil. So for things like the water pump and the little idler pulley: I just don't care. There are lots of things I could do. Filters, flushes, brake fluid change, etc, etc, but it is an old car. I hope it will last me about 4 more years, but if it doesn't I will buy another similar car. I used torque settings when I did the timing belt on my VW T4 ABL engine the first time and the water pump too. Then the second time I didn't bother. I am not sure about maintenance on anything anymore. If the engine blows up well that's that. I think the odds are low. As for poking the belt, I appreciate that advice. Odd that you say my vid is the quality one! I think I explain the logic a bit better on the T4 timing belt vids. But that engine was easier because it didn't have that stupid engine mount in the middle of the belt path!!
I am not sure why I even changed it, the old belt looked cracked and was 17 or so years old, but it may have given another 17 years of service. We will never know!
@@bootsowen Thanks for the thorough answer. My point is that you invested money in the belt kit and time into changing the belt, so to me it does not make any sense not to do the water pump (maybe 30 quid) and leaving an ancient little idler pully that can fnck up all your the work you've done. Now, agreed, your car, your rules ;)
I personnaly do not abide by these rules because I do not want to spend 100 quid and a day wrenchin' just to see all that obliterated because of a cheap stupid part I didn't change.
As for the quality of the vidjayo, it does has value to me because I couldn't find, for the life of me, a decent vidjayo on this engine, except yours.
Also, I said it had value to me, but I didn't mean because of the method you used. Personnaly I would have gone a little different. Actually all just like you did except put some marks on the old belt (and the corresponding parts (crankshaft, etc.)) and transfer those marks to the new belt. That would have avoided the 1st wrong instalation of the new belt because it would have let you see immediately it was one teeth away from where it should have been. An old trick an old mechanic once showed me, mind you, I didn't come up with it. :)
Anyways, cheers and keep up the good work!
@@bootsowen or 17 days or miles, and then a piston salad ;)
It did look quite rought and agonizing to me.
Thanks for the tip on the marks on the old belt. I'll put it into practice in 5 years time.