I'll keep this short:
Out of curiosity, for those with experience replacing timing belts from a wide range of vehicles, name the top 2 or 3 most "annoying". The reason could be anything, as long as it's one of those "what were they thinking" type of jobs. I thought of 4 pretty quick:
The GM/Opel V6 used in mainly the Saturn L series, but also in the Cadillac CTS, Saab 9-3, and many others in Europe. Not one, not two, but THREE tensioning pulleys. WHY?
The 1.6 Aveo engine, AKA Daewoo. The timing belt is tensioned by the water pump of all things, it takes a special wrench to literally rotate the water pump in it's bore to adjust belt tension.
Any EJ25 DOHC engine. Just don't care for them, too fiddly.
The Mitsubishi 6G/Hyundai Sigma DOHC engines. Lining up the cams on those takes 6 hands, a dozen paper clips, and a prayer.
Opposing view: I vote the Toyota 2.2 as one of the easiest timing belt jobs, followed closely by the Honda J-series.
Out of curiosity, for those with experience replacing timing belts from a wide range of vehicles, name the top 2 or 3 most "annoying". The reason could be anything, as long as it's one of those "what were they thinking" type of jobs. I thought of 4 pretty quick:
The GM/Opel V6 used in mainly the Saturn L series, but also in the Cadillac CTS, Saab 9-3, and many others in Europe. Not one, not two, but THREE tensioning pulleys. WHY?
The 1.6 Aveo engine, AKA Daewoo. The timing belt is tensioned by the water pump of all things, it takes a special wrench to literally rotate the water pump in it's bore to adjust belt tension.
Any EJ25 DOHC engine. Just don't care for them, too fiddly.
The Mitsubishi 6G/Hyundai Sigma DOHC engines. Lining up the cams on those takes 6 hands, a dozen paper clips, and a prayer.
Opposing view: I vote the Toyota 2.2 as one of the easiest timing belt jobs, followed closely by the Honda J-series.