Cambelt

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Ignore all this bollocks scare mongering about "oh the gti engine is so hard to time. You WILL bend valves if your not a peugeot mechanic". It's the same as timing any other DOHC (like a golf) engine. Yes there is a smaller tolerance for valve damage due to the bigger valves but its still surprisingly a lot and I'm talking from experience there(asked a mate to time up the cams on his engine for me so I could put te belt on. He put the inlet pinned on top of the lug where the timing pin goes so it was about 20 degrees out. Run like a sack of crap but didn't do any damage)

Don't be tempted to buy a cheap belt kit. I used a continental kit on mine. The bearings are SKF who are very good. Some people moan about conti stuff but I've never had issues with it on any engines I've timed and they must be fairly good for some companies to use them as a OE part.

With no disrespect to the author, does the fact he's asking where his belt should be running on the pulleys fill you with confidence he could perform his belt change? If he's not certain, he's right to seek help - note that doesn't mean have it done for him if he's keen to pick up the spanners. Maybe he's fine with it, in which case go right ahead.

To be fair, nearly all the DOHC's i've done required no movement of the cam pulleys, not to mention the fact the cams could be individually rotated due to the absence of valve overlap in the event one springs. Whilst I was familiar with the necessary work methods to do mine, I wasn't going to pass on an opportunity to have an expert on hand as he had all the tips and tricks of having done hundreds of XU10 cambelts. In my case both pulleys were off to free the hubs up and the cams sprung.

His choice!