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Timing Belt Change 200 TDI Land Rover

Supplied by: Jason Crawford

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If there was ever a job that was made out to be more than it should be, then this is it. Changing a timing belt on a Defender is pretty much straight forward.  Mine had 164,000 on it when I changed it, I know it was done prior to that when it had 114,000 on it. When I removed the old belt it was in remarkably good condition. You'll notice some yellow dots of paint on the pictures, they weren't done by me, but I'll explain them at the end of this page. Here's how I changed the belt:

My Defender looks like this all the time anyway as I have no fan or fan cowl in there at all, but if you still run a fan remove it all so you can get to the pulleys.

Loosen the alternator & power steering belts, put a 30mm socket on the long extension bar and the crankshaft damper (bottom pulley), make sure its touching the chassis, then click the ignition to turn the engine over Note: DON'T START IT THOUGH!. This will loosen you damper bolt.

Once that's done, remove the water pump, an move the two hoses too it out of the way.

Then loosen the timing case cover , I do this leaving all the bolts in place as there are three different lengths so its easy to get confused putting them all back together.

Read more on changing the 200Tdi Land Rover timing belt on the next two pages of the website article. Click on next page to continue.

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