Yes, I agree fully that times have changed and even I have had to get the correct pins for one or two of these types of engines. The Renault ones are a good example where the job cannot be done without them. There are equally plenty still around that rely on visual timing. I am not advocating that anybody cuts corners on what is a critical job and I for one would prefer to take longer than the book time when doing timing belts. One advantage that I do have over lots of garages is that I will only take on new customers for the whole service/maintance package, will not compete on price and will very rarely take on diagnostic work on cars that I have not seen before. One result of this is that in the 11 years I have been here I have never had a car brought in that has been running badly due to incorrect valve timing. I am also being quite honest when I say that I have never had a vehicle not start, run badly or have emission problems after fitting a belt so I must be doing something right. We could not possibly discuss the pro's and con's of all the various timing belt jobs so I was being a bit general in my statements and hope I haven't misled anybody over the methods that I employ. But as I have said I am quite comfortable with them.
Liam,
Have you got an answer to this yet?
Regards to all,
Bryan.
PS: Going with squeasy jet to Gdansk this w/e so will be drinking plenty of Vodka and not giving any thought to the slightest thing car related
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