Timing belt replacement tips...

[Carrot]

Going to attempt my first timing belt in a couple of weeks.

Seems straightfoward enough.

Car is a Daewoo Matiz 800cc - so I wouldn't expect any of you to be able to grasp the complexities of such a large, complex powerful engine but thought I would ask anyway

From what I understand from the service manual, it is a case of getting to the belt, locking the cam and crank so nothing moves, releasing the tensioner, replace belt, put it all back together again.

Where I am getting a tad confused is that some of the instructions go on about having retime everything after you have replaced the belt - surely if nothing moved, this would not be needed?

Garages apparently charge £225 for this job, the belt kit is £55, and it takes roughly 2 hours for a beginner apparently (book time is 1.10)

Any tips would be grateful?

[Carrot]

Baz Tench said:

Replace the tensioner too, as these are just as prone to failure as the belt.

Will do, comes as part of the kit. Worth changing the water pump as well?

[Carrot]

The Wookie said:

thinfourth2 said:

On the upside if you get it wrong you will only be down 15Bhp

Surely on a Matiz that'd end up with the engine producing -5bhp

And thats downhill with the wind behind...