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Without wanting to fag up that other thread any further, a quick thanks to Motman for this useful post (And this one) Job's a good 'un. I did use the locking tools in the end which involved taking the rocker cover off, however after installation of the new parts and several engine rotations...

Ok, I'm weighing up whether to get one of these cars, it has 100 oddK on the clock and is a really nice car. The airbag light is on and I want to get a diagnostic tool to check this and reset the light, plus do all the other modules on it. Any recommendations? I don't mind spending a few quid...

Sorry for the partial hijack DIYSpanner, although it is relevant to the subject! Thanks burnerman and motman for your replies. I'm going to be doing a zetec 1.25 belt/water pump this weekend and got a set of Laser locking tools (4347) to do it. They were only 20 quid and I'm going to use them...

Might I ask where you stand on motors with unkeyed crank/cam sprockets? Ie, do you loosen the sprockets and time up fresh each time, or leave the sprockets bolted on and mark them up? The differences in opinion seem polarised, to say the least! I'm leaning towards loosening the sprockets as the...

The only reason I can see for it is to make it easier to get the belts on and off.

Oh dear! I won't ask. But I can imagine a cylinder head had to come off.....

Thanks for all your input everyone, I'm happy to say this job is completed and the motor is running very smoothly. Funny how they seem to go better after doing a belt when it shouldn't really make a difference! I suppose the belts stretch a little as they age which will have a subtle effect on...

I can understand your apprehension at loosening the cam sprocket, I felt the same when doing the unkeyed cams on my Megane engine. But as long as the crank hasn't moved, if you think about it it's the belt itself that sets the timing as it can't stretch, and it will be obvious after you've set...

Sorry John, cross posting there, yeah the belt is pretty good, it's obviously been done at some stage since new. The water pump is showing signs of leakage though, you know that sort of crystally deposits.

Ok, I didn't bother with the seal in the end, perhaps I'll have a look at it before another 10 years is up. Got it all timed up ok before the rain hammered down, just got to fit the new aux. belts when it stops. The engine mounting is a bit of a pain on these, it has the tensioner spring and...

Heh, not sure whether I'll bother now, I'll ponder it while I'm doing the water pump. The face is quite oily, but like I say it's hardly flowing out. The timing belt is in surprisingly good shape, no sign of oil contamination except for a splodge which I'm sure I did while I dissembled it all.

Ok, here's some pics of the end of the cam, I'm convinced it's the cam seal rather than the rocker cover gasket, I got a new one yesterday so what do you think? The end face of the engine is not exactly dripping with oil, but it's definitely seeping out of somewhere! Sorry about the camera angle.

Quite possibly, I've watched this today demonstrated on youtube vids, looks like a possible method. I haven't got the sprocket off yet though and can't see it very well. I'll update when the now heavy rain goes off. (I'm doing this on my drive)

I'll leave the bolt in and use my diy tool I think! Can't do any harm. I must get a compressor one of these days, I'm doing a Fiesta belt kit straight after this job and a Volvo D5 soon if I decide to have the car. Looking at the after market camseal on ECP, it is just a plastic/rubber ring with...

Thanks for your input Burnerman, much appreciated. I've got a pulley holding tool I knocked up once out of 3 pieces of 5mm flat bar and some nuts and bolts, however, there's an M8 bolt used to lock the pulley for timing purposes, going through a hole in the pulley and screwed into the head. Is...

Yeah, I can see that you'd have to destroy it to get it out! I've been struggling to get the crank pulley off to be honest, I'll leave it overnight for some penetrating to get in there. I've called it a day for now but apparently there's some nasty weather on the way tomorrow. Which is nice. Is...

Just doing this now and having taken the cover off it looks like the camshaft seal is slightly leaking. Is this easy to replace? I'm assuming a new one will pop in easily enough but what about getting the old one out? eta - I'll put some pics up later....

Yeah ten years is a bit slack as the belt probably is too! The van's done 115k miles of which I've done about 30k. i dunno if it's ever had one, I've only decided to do it now as I have to do a fairly long motorway round trip and don't really trust it. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered, the...

Yeah, i thought you might say that! I've just ordered a Gates kit including water pump off ebay. £76 delivered, not too bad really.

Hi chaps, I'm planning on putting a new cam belt and associated bits on my 1998 Peugeot Boxer 1.9 non turbo. I planned on doing this job about 10 years ago but you know how it is! Anyway, at that time I actually bought a belt from a main dealer while I was in there. It's a Dayco belt in a...