Technical Fiat panda 1.1 cam belt change (tensioning the cam belt after changing)

[DaveMcT]

You do not need to buy new timing belt pulleys. You do not need to disturb those already on the engine.

 

[koalar]

You do not need to buy new timing belt pulleys. You do not need to disturb those already on the engine.

I only pointed out which parts of the engine that were different as in the Panda this engine was only used for a year or so

It an early engine with different belt width and teeth profile


Of cause if you are only changing the belt

You only need a belt kit

Or if you want to do the pump as well

Belt kit + pump

 

[DaveMcT]

Sorry my comment looked terse. It wasn't meant to be.

 

[Yolanda]

The engine No is on the V5 or log book to us oldies but if the car has had an engine change somewhere along the line an the DVLA wasn't informed it can be missleading.

 

[Robjohnjones]

Cheers everyone. I got the heat shield off, impact wrench and bolt extractors.
Also got the seized oxygen senor out, in the end I cut the wires and used a deep 22mm socket on the impact wrench, that's the only way it was coming out.
Now I've get the cam cover gasket to do, just ordered one and some sealant. Wish me luck!
Getting closer to it being cam belt time with every MOT job that's done.
Had the sill welded the other day, was cheaper than I could buy the equipment so all good.

 

[Yolanda]

The camshaft front oil seal can leak as mine did, but I didn't realise this till after I changed the cam cover gasket and cam belt. I still had a slight oil leak. To change the the seal you have to remove the cam belt then the camshaft pully. So have a good look to make sure where the leak is coming from before you go about changing the cam cover gasket. As the seal and gasket are not expensive I personally would do them when doing the belt.
You can also get an oil leak from the other end where the coils are, but that's just an o ring seal and you don't have to remove the cam cover to replace it.
If in any doupt just search on this forum for more detailed discriptions on how to undertake these jobs. That's what I did with perfect results.

 

[DaveMcT]

Had the sill welded the other day, was cheaper than I could buy the equipment so all good.

You MUST get a look inside the heat-affected box sections with an endoscope camera and give the whole inside area a good coating of cavity wax. LanoGuard sounds good but Waxoyl is better than nothing.