dr5chrome wrote:
Thanks again!.. I did try to contact them both again.
My CRD - a 2005 w/97K mi. I can say, in all my years of owning cars, this one is the cleanest 9yr old car I have ever seen [no exaggeration]. Along with the kit - would you recommend the serpentine tensioner as well? I don't know if it has a GDE.. Where do I look for one if it has..? I guess a rocker health test can be done during the belt change.
I used to change the timing belt in a sooped-up Pinto I used to own [showing my age] in my youth, but this CRD is quite different.
regards, dw
Ah, if I had to guess, someone dumped this CRD because of the impending expense of the timing belt. At 97k, you need to get this done asap. You're on borrowed time.
As far as the GDE tune, two ways to tell whether you already have one: 1) email to Keith at
support@greendieselengineering.com with your VIN number. 2) If right when you start the car it revs up above 1100 RPMs briefly before going back to idle.
Rocker health with a basic smartphone app and a OBDII dongle or someone's obd tool as ArmyChief said above.