Laguna 2.2 DCi cambelt change

[Pupp]

Reasonable home prospect or dealer only? Thinking clearance and special tools needed etc

[Pupp]

neiljohnson said:

Could do it yourself but buy the locking tool laser list it and costs about £60 which is a lot less than you will pay for labour. Be prepared though its not much fun to do and probably worth getting some form of instuction (Autodata etc) which will give you any special instructions torque settings etc. Try the local Renault dealer for the belt kit as they tend to be cheaper than aftermarket and our local one will lend you the locking tools to do the job for a reasonable £10!

Thanks, that's helpful... what's the need for the locking tool? Is it 'just' an aide to keeping everything still for timing purposes or is there something peculiar about the motor that means making marks and counting teeth is not a viable strategy?

[Pupp]

neiljohnson said:

It has floating pullys ie there are no woodruff keys on the crank or cam (the pullys are held in place by the bolts) which means without the tools it makes it nigh on impossible to time the engine correctly.

Gotcha. Ta