sweeney110 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hello lads I drive a defender but I recently bought a freelander1 td4 for my wife. Great wee thing. The alternator belt shredded and so I replaced it. When I was down there I saw another belt behind it that doesn't look too hot either. What is this belt? I thought this engine ran on a chain?? Is it something I can pull off and replace myself? Can't find much information on it anywhere. Thanks in advance Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 are you sure its a td4 and not a 2.0 diesel? i only ask because as you say the td4 has a chain driven timing gear and as far as i can see only one belt on all the auxiliary devices, however the 2.0 is belt driven....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 what year is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Is it by any chance the aircon belt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweeney110 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 It's 2002 and its def a td4. Might it be an aircon belt? I didn't think of that. It's directly behind the aux belt I changed. I'll have another look tomorrow and see if I can make sense of it. Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well it's not the cambelt as you rightly say it's a timing chain in the engine on TD4. Have a look at the RAVE manuals, they have all the info & procedures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 It is the air-con belt, replace it while you have the aux belt off. Biggest problem with the aux belt is restricted access and getting the belt to stay in place before you can release the tensioner. It can be a faff but then suddenly comes together, you certainly don't want to have to do it again in a few months just because you didn't replace the air-con belt at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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