T4 2.5 cam belt - advice

[Cousin]

........,,,,,,,,, There's a couple of freebies for you David
Is the oil cooler for your auto or the engine?



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[David Morris]

Thanks Cousin it is for the tranny as they have a limited amount of fluid & the original was watercooled device so it was always gunna be at round engine temp so I stuck mine out front on the bullbar gets first use of cooling air & filters larger flying bugs through the staino mesh I have clipped on it from the aircon condensor & finaly the radiator cores.
so far its worked well looking at puting a digital thermo in the line just for the hell of it as it still burns the trany fluid after about 10K Klm so it gets changed as soon as it stinks .
I also made an extended filler tube that extends up near the battery where I can add or subtract fluid with my hand suction pump to have a look at its condition, the system now holds an extra 500cc & thats all good .
TC

[Racemag]

Well I finally had the chance to have a look at the cambelt, which is still in place and in one piece...good. The thing is it will not explain why the engine stopped when the water pump failed, unless it jumped a tooth or two. Will need to do a compression check I guess.

[smithy]

Hi Racemag,
Pop the cam cover off and make sure the camshaft itself isn't broken.....I recall I had seen this issue on another forum somewhere..!

Cheers,
Smithy.

[Sunny43.5]

Hi Racemag is yours a petrol or diesel aplogies if I missed it somwhere . Let us know as I have a whole 2.5 petrol engine and gearbox complete sitting at the side of my drive way if you are stuck for some parts let me know .

[Racemag]

thanks for that offer, I do appreciate it...thing is I'm in Vic and you're in Qld I think. The engine I have is a 2.5 petrol.

[Sunny43.5]

No problems Racemag in case you are stuck the offer is still open .

[smithy]

Hi Racemag is yours a petrol or diesel aplogies if I missed it somwhere . Let us know as I have a whole 2.5 petrol engine and gearbox complete sitting at the side of my drive way if you are stuck for some parts let me know .

Hi Sunny,
The gearbox you have, is it auto or manual?? I may be after a manual to convert my 2.5L petrol from auto.

Cheers,
Smithy.

[Sunny43.5]

Hi Smithy its a manual .

[Racemag]

I pulled the waterpump today - the bearings were stuffed. had a fuel smell in the coolant, but no water in the oil, so not sure if head gasket was gone. Replacement waterpump had a larger pulley, which was a bit odd. Bloody hard to find timing marks...VW should have a good look at a toyota!