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Vitara Timing Belt + Water Pump How To?

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Vitara Timing Belt + Water Pump How To?

Post by eXc »

Hey Guys

I have never done a timing belt before, gonna do the Vitara's over the next week or 2. Should I do the water pump as well? It has no noise or leaks...$75 to get one...

Any tips? Does a guide exist on here somewhere? I searched but found nothing

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I'd do the pump, but I have to say I'd get a genuine one.

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Post by spamwell »

you should be able to find one of those haynes workshop manuals somewhere they have a very good guide in them for doing timing belts.

they are pretty straight forward though you just have to make sure you have your timing marks lined up and on top dead centre when you take the belt off.

you pretty much just have to take off everything infront of the timing cover and the timing cover it's pretty straight forward.

water pump is up to you, it could go forever it could die?
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Post by eXc »

Thanks guys

Will I need a timing light? Or if i get it on TDC will it be right just to line up with new belt and I'm cheering

Why did you suggest a genuine pump Steve?

Do others agree with that?
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Post by Guy »

eXc wrote:Thanks guys

Will I need a timing light? Or if i get it on TDC will it be right just to line up with new belt and I'm cheering

Why did you suggest a genuine pump Steve?

Do others agree with that?
Very few aftermarket parts in the Suzuki area are as good as genuine.

Changing a timing belt is dead set simple.

Most shade tree mechnaics would have it knocked over in a couple of hours at worst.

Get a Haymes manual or gregorys.. neither a great .. but they are OK for basic stuff.
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Post by eXc »

oky doky. I'll check out genuine then. Thanks guys :)
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ouch. $213 for genuine vs $75 after market...

So I really should go genuine? Oky doky...
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Post by rustyvit »

I have always fitted after market water pumps to suzy's including the one on my vitara not long back, never had a problem with any of them.
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Post by tails83 »

it's worth doing the cam and crank seals to, do the crank pulleys come off easy though? thinking of doing this myself but thinking of how i could get the crank bolt tight enough again.
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Post by eXc »

Hey Guys

I have it all off, and putting it back on now - The manual says 7-9 ft-lbs for the crankshaft pulley bolts. I have it done up to 2 and they seem to be really tight for such a small bolt.

Is 7 right? Should I keep tightening them?
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Post by eXc »

Well I had I thought I'd try it at 4, and snapped one of the bolts. Fortunatly I have manged to get the stud out.

How can the manual suggest 7 when 4 was too tight?

I am thinking maybe I should order new bolts and get lube mobile or something to come put it back together.
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Post by ajsr »

are they high tensile bolts??
or just put locktite on them at 4lbs is only the pulley.
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Post by eXc »

not sure if they are high tensile or not. I assume they are. I've ordered new ones in and the parts place reckons 7 ft-lbs is not much at all and should be fine.

Maybe the bolts where just stretched and couldn't handle it
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Post by rustyvit »

They are not high tensile, I just tighten them by hand but then I'm pretty confident with how tight things should be.
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Post by eXc »

just did it by feel, no torque wrench, hopefully it will be fine :)

thanks for the help

Chris
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