Goliath205
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Hi there,
My Discovery 1 doesn't seem to be running at it's best, it's a little sluggish! Also I have no history of a cambelt change so I thought I would kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get the cambelt changed and at the same time make sure the fuel pump timing is correct (before I start messing with any engine modifications/tuning).
I have not managed to find anyone local who can do it so I plan to tackle it myself. It's a bit out of my comfort zone but am happy to give it a go and hopefully learn a lot along the way.
I do have a few questions though:
1, What do I need to know when buying a cambelt kit? There are some listed as 'modified' or 'updated', I gather that is something to do with the lower pulleys/idlers right? I'm assuming I need to make sure to get one of these kits?
2, What locking tools do I need for doing the cambelt AND the fuel pump timing (with a DTI gauge), is there 1 kit that will do both? I've been looking around and found a few different but having not done it before I can't tell if the kits have all the right stuff I need. Like this one... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rov...512197?hash=item544a486885:g:GggAAOSwstJZVNKs
3, Can anyone confirm what I need to set the pump timing to? My engine has EGR as standard so I believe that means the timing should be set to 140 (as opposed to 154 for the non EGR engines). However, I have blanked off my EGR so does that change what the timing should be set to?
4, I've heard of advancing the timing to help with other engine mods/tuning. I won't do this at first, as I just want everything to be set to standard as a bench mark, but when I do get to tuning what number do I set the pump timing to so it is then 'advanced'?
Thanks all!
My Discovery 1 doesn't seem to be running at it's best, it's a little sluggish! Also I have no history of a cambelt change so I thought I would kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get the cambelt changed and at the same time make sure the fuel pump timing is correct (before I start messing with any engine modifications/tuning).
I have not managed to find anyone local who can do it so I plan to tackle it myself. It's a bit out of my comfort zone but am happy to give it a go and hopefully learn a lot along the way.
I do have a few questions though:
1, What do I need to know when buying a cambelt kit? There are some listed as 'modified' or 'updated', I gather that is something to do with the lower pulleys/idlers right? I'm assuming I need to make sure to get one of these kits?
2, What locking tools do I need for doing the cambelt AND the fuel pump timing (with a DTI gauge), is there 1 kit that will do both? I've been looking around and found a few different but having not done it before I can't tell if the kits have all the right stuff I need. Like this one... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rov...512197?hash=item544a486885:g:GggAAOSwstJZVNKs
3, Can anyone confirm what I need to set the pump timing to? My engine has EGR as standard so I believe that means the timing should be set to 140 (as opposed to 154 for the non EGR engines). However, I have blanked off my EGR so does that change what the timing should be set to?
4, I've heard of advancing the timing to help with other engine mods/tuning. I won't do this at first, as I just want everything to be set to standard as a bench mark, but when I do get to tuning what number do I set the pump timing to so it is then 'advanced'?
Thanks all!