Aisin timing belt kit is a few hundred bucks and very nice quality parts.
Pros: nice quality parts
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I got my kit from MetalMan Parts. Dayco timing belt, Continental serpentine belt, Litens tensioner, INA rollers, Graf metal pump and all the recommended hardware \ud83d\udc4d
Pros: recommended hardware
Continental for timing belt and Geba water pump. Gates is fine for accessories belt not timing due to more recent production issues. I will get a gates for any of our 5 vehicles for an accessories / serpentine belt but not for timing.
Pros: Continental timing belt
Cons: Gates timing belt
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I bought the Gates kits (\u00a3180 total) and decided to do my first timing belt and aux belt. Done over a thousand miles on it since and all great \ud83d\ude4c hope you enjoy your new car
Pros: all great
Vehicle:
Audi A5
Mileage: 1000 km
For future reference timing belts get changed at 80,000 miles. No excuses. That's 20% within oem spec.
Pros: within oem spec
Cons: short service life
Change the lower ball joints, timing belt and associated parts and it\u2019ll run for years. The 3.4 engines are tanks, really hard to kill and you\u2019ll easily find ones that are hitting 500k+
Pros: hard to kill, runs for years
Vehicle:
Toyota
def go through and do the timing belt, and all the oil seals behind it. They're so happy once they're not leaking anymore
Pros: no leaks
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
This was the most frustrating repair I've ever done. I've done plenty of timing belt/chain jobs before but this one sucked.
You can't tell if the timing marks are lined up, the belt doesn't have marks on it and no where on line tells you how many belt teeth there should be from one mark to the others to check your work. I buttoned it up and was off a tooth on the driver's side, I could have set the truck on fire. It worked fine after I did the job a second time.
Pros: worked fine after second try
Cons: frustrating repair, hard to align
Vehicle:
Toyota 4runner
Regardless of servicing etc, that wet belt is still deteriorating as it is soaked in the hot engine oil.
Cons: belt deteriorates in oil
Vehicle:
Ford Focus
If it has been done they are actually a good engine when working fine. Plenty of torque and good on fuel. It’s just the reliability of them that’s the major issue. They switched to a timing chain from the wet belt from 2018 for a good reason. The 1.2 turbo engines from PSA are also wet belts and also switched to a chain around 2023. They are a terrible design and simply not going to be economical to maintain properly as the car ages.
Pros: plenty of torque, good on fuel
Cons: major reliability issue, terrible design, not economical to maintain
Vehicle:
Ford Focus
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