How to change water pump, camshaft / balance / timing belts on a Porsche 944 Turbo

THE WHY?

Having had my belts done when I first got my car a year and half ago I shouldn't really need to touch them for another 25,000 miles and having looked extensively around the net everyone has their own methods. The trouble is nobody seems to have posted a complete tutorial until I came across these excellent videos by VSVENSON on youtube. He takes you clearly through the steps and it doesn't appear to be as daunting as I had originally imagined.

THE TASK

There are a couple of special tools you may need to do this job and they can be quite rare and expensive. Luckily I found this site where a fella makes his own versions for a lot less.

THE HOW TO

Well here are the videos. Please make an effort to visit VSVENSON's YouTube channel and leave him some words of encouragement and praise for all his hard work.

Part 1 - Water pump



Part 2 - Water Pump



Part 3 - Water Pump and Camshaft / Balance / Timing Belt Change



If you need a written walkthrough try these at Clarks Garage

Camshaft (Timing) Belt General Information
Camshaft (Timing) Belt Installation
Camshaft (Timing) Belt Removal
Camshaft (Timing) Belt and Balance Shaft Belt Tensioning
Camshaft Chain Tensioner Replacement (16V)

And now there is now also an excellent thread on the whole procedure at the Pelican Parts forum (more specific to the non-turbo 944) to which most of the credit should go to forum member John_AZ.