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Changing Your Porsche 911 Accessory Belt Yourself Is Manlier than Growing a Beard

Changing the accessory belt, especially on a Porsche 911, is a job you should only handle if you know what you’re doing. Nonetheless, if you’re willing to bring a smile on the face of your flat six as a DIY job, we’ve got just the tutorial for you.
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The clip below shows how to keep the boxer engine at the rear of your 911 up to date with the latest trends in the fashion world. No, wait, that would refer to another kind of accessories. Oh well, we’ll make thing right by saying the latest fashion when it come to engines is to run perfectly.

The job should be easy

Have you ever played with LEGO? Of course you have. Well, changing the timing belt on your Porsche 911, belonging to the 996 or 997 generations, is a bit like building something out of LEGO. However, you’d better remember which part came out of where.

As usual with the people who know their way around an engine bay, the middle-age man in the clip below makes it look extremely simple. He explains the task should take no longer than preparing an excellent salad. Fifteen minutes, to be more precise. As for the hardware required to handle the job, you’ll only need a few hand tools.

The 996 generation of the Porsche 911, which landed back in 1998, marked the beginning of the water-cooled era. After 34 years of service, the air-cooled boxer was retired, with Zuffenhausen giving you a water pump to work on. As for the 997 incarnation of the Neunelfer, this was released in 2005. It’s no wonder that changing the timing belt on this is pretty much similar with the 996 task, as the 997 was an evolution of its predecessor.

Once again, we have to mention that this is the kind of DIY job that requires double checking.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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