All the recent talk in here has got me wondering - is there anywhere one can look to find out if an engine has a timing belt or a chain?
And on a personal level does anyone know if the 3.1 turbodiesel from VM (a la Jeep) has a belt or chain?
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Terry,
The VM 2.5TD has a chain (as do their large petrols) so one might assume they carried this feature over to the larger engine.
David
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Thanks David, that's reassuring
Terry
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If it has a plastic belt cover at one end of the engine it has a timing belt. If it has no plastic cover it has a chain. Sometimes you can see the top links of the chain under the oil filler cap, sometimes not. (You can't in the Yaris D-4D engine, for example.)
HJ
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Or metal cover not sealed to engine-ie. Ford OHC.
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