9n3 timing belt broken

[Switch]

Mechanic said hes never seen one do 0 damage. The belt was worn out in a 4cm section so I'm guessing it held the other internals at their levels which was just high enough to clear the piston

[simon k]

Mechanic said hes never seen one do 0 damage. The belt was worn out in a 4cm section so I'm guessing it held the other internals at their levels which was just high enough to clear the piston

ohh, so it didn't actually break completely?

[Switch]

Yea, it was whole. I got told it was broken. Instead it was stripped

[JTop]

Very lucky indeed! Must have been on its last legs, but not its very last

Simon, definitely superb that we're all wrong!!!

[h100vw]

Buy some lottery tickets!!!

[NLanham]

That sold it for me, odo at 101kms so time to replace timing belt/water pump and clutch. Can someone suggest a sticky that advises kit costs, cheers

Nick

[simon k]

My kit was about 350 incl. water pump.

[NLanham]

cheers Simon k, hopefully doing it all at once will save some labor..

[seangti]

That sold it for me, odo at 101kms so time to replace timing belt/water pump and clutch. Can someone suggest a sticky that advises kit costs, cheers

Nick

I used a Gates kit from Sparesbox. I think the workshop manuals are a sticky on the top of this page. The job is quite straight, most of my anxiety came from jacking the engine up and down getting to the bolts and the jack moving on the sump - so I had two jacks and separate pieces of wood between so I can ensure the wood didn't move against he sump and engine 'drop' (still bolted by gearbox mount and dog bone mount so it's technically not going anywhere).

[NLanham]

thanks seangti will update when i make progress

cheers Nick