[boraz]

in theory, if youre mostly hwy miles your total engine hours are lower than most, regardless of miles driven

that said, i 1000% recommend changing it now, not later.

its not worth the risk

its not just the belt breaking, its the water pump seizing, the idler, the tensioner seizing and doing damage above and beyond the timing belt cost

 

[boraz]

To be fair it’s a very involved job for your typical DIY that does brakes and oil.

was my first timing belt ever

 

[boraz]

Did it turn out to be as easy as doing rotors and pads or quite a bigger task? One of the reasons I hate transverse engines is timing belts usually sucks to get too.

nothing difficult, just lots of steps, i took 3 days....like 4 hrs a day

i walk away alot and curse and think

had trouble getting the tensioner to the right spot, til i moved it a certain way, had trouble getting the belt on w/o things moving

 

[boraz]

Wish someone here did a full write up

theres a full writeup, but i think the pics are fubared by now

plus theres two or 3 yt videos


its all there

Timing Belt replacement

I replaced the timing belt and water pump on my 14 Diesel this past weekend. I made a video of the process and I’m in the process of extracting screenshots to try and create a write-up of the steps. I was at 123K miles and the belt was beginning to have some significant cracks between the teeth...

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