disco cam belt mod kits

There are three possibilities for the 300Tdi Discovery - Option Kit 1, Option Kit 2 and none required.

Option Kit 1 comes with a nice pile of bits including a new timing case. Option Kit 2 comes without the timing case and a few less bits.

STC4095K 300 Tdi Option Kit 1 £217.49 inc VAT STC4096K 300 Tdi Option Kit 2 £73.00 inc VAT

If it has had a kit fitted, if it needed one, then there is no need to do it again! It needed one or the other, or none, they are not an upgrade path.

Richard

what i am wondering is if the previous owner had kit two fitted to save money, the reason i say that is because the garage put on the receipt that there is no warrantee on the cam belt because kit 1 was not fitted. the car is a 1995 300 tdi. if it needed kit 1 would fitting kit two make no difference at all? how can i find out what kit should be fitted?

paul

What is the last bit of the VIN number of the vehicle? Something link MA123456

Richard

On or around Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:16:23 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd enlightened us thusly:

the best indication is the state of the belt, I reckon. Not all of them wear, not all wear to the same extent, is my take on it from the various comments. I'm fairly sure ours hasn't had any kit fitted, or if it has, they didn't do the required paint marking, yet the belt (when I changed it 'cos I was changing the head) showed minimal wear in a fair mileage (about

so beamendsltd was, like...

Am just about to replace the cambelt on my newly-acquired Disco 300Tdi as I had no history with the vehicle. (Stuff arrived fine, thanks.) When I've got the timing cover off, how can I tell whether the engine needs Kit 1, Kit

its MF7TA510987

According to my info that vehicle should have Option Kit 1 fitted, STC4095K - may be superceeded to STC4095L at some dealers. To be sure I'd check this with a main dealer since you imply there is some sort of issue with warranty.

Richard

As far as I can make out there is no other visible way of being certain that a mod has been done. Speaking personaly, you have the choice of doing it anyway or looking at the condition of the old belt and assessing whether you think it needs doing. The usual symptom of needing a mod kit is there being around 5-10mm chewed off the outside (away from the block) of the belt. If this hasn't happened, well, I know what I'd do.. ........

Richard

With the timing case cover off, look at the timing belt pulley on the end of the crankshaft. If this has a couple of thin steel guide rings spot welded to the front and back of the pulley then the conversion has probably been done. We sell a lot of kit 2's at work because it actually works out cheaper to buy that if the customer wants to replace the idler and tensioner.

HTH Mark

so beamendsltd was, like...

If it ain't broke... My thoughts exactly. If there is evidence of wear, however, how would I know which kit was needed? There's a big difference in price.

so Mark Dickinson was, like...

Many thanks for this.

In message , Paul writes

I would not worry about it Paul.

I only ever fit kit 2. never had any problems and I have fitted hundreds of them.

It's all down to the VIN number. Have a search on the web to find out which ones. I don't publish them myself just in case I've dropped one...

Richard