Best Brand For Major Service Parts

[GilesW 41]

My XU9J4 engine is about to come out of one shell and into another.

 

I'll give it a major service in the transition.

 

ECP has a sale on and a few different brands of cambelt kit, idler, etc etc.

 

I've always stuck with Gates on my own engines, but they have others - SKF and a 'not named' brand (the most expensive?).

 

 

Also tensioners and idealers:

 

Elsewhere Dayco kits have both included, the ECP sold ones seemed to only have the tensioner (or more looks like an ideler to me in the photos??)?

 

 

Also water pump - ECP do various, - Valeo the best?

 

Any thoughts and suggestions?

Cheers.

 

 

 

 

 

[jackherer 543]

The 1.9 XU9J4 has two tensioners and no idler, kits with idlers are probably for 2.0 XU10J4s.

[welshpug 1,657]

the 2.0 engine has two tensioners too.

 

its the later generation of engines with adjustable cam pulleys that have an idler.

[Anthony 1,003]

The XU10J4 one does however at a glance look like an idler on a metal plate, rather than a normal eccentric tensioner. Easy way to confirm is that a XU9J4 cambelt should be 133 teeth, whereas XU10J4 and the later 1.8/2.0 16v engines are all more than that.

 

Either way, in answer to the original question, I don't tend to have too much issue with any known premium brand of cambelt - Gates, Contitech, Dayco I've all used in the past and have worked and lasted well.

 

Waterpumps, avoid the nasty no-names budget items and stick to some known premium brand and it should be fine.

[GilesW 41]

Cool. Thanks guys (especially clearing up the idler tensioner thing).