1KD-FTV Timing Belt vs. Chain: When Does ‘Preventative’ Become ‘Mandatory’?
I recently had a Prado 150 towed into the workshop from the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. The owner was cruising at 100km/h when the engine simply went silent. No bang, no smoke—just a dead pedal. When I opened the timing cover, the culprit was staring me in the face: a snapped rubber belt. Because the 1KD-FTV (3.0L Diesel) is an “interference engine,” the pistons and valves collided the millisecond that belt broke.