Professional Motor Mechanic

The 2023 PMM Awards

|Date: December 01, 2023

The 2023 PMM Awards

The PMM Awards have returned for 2023 and it's time to applaud the exceptional articles that earned the s ...

The PMM Awards have returned for 2023 and it's time to applaud the exceptional articles that earned the spotlight this year! Read on to find out who has won! Every month, the PMM team works tirelessly ...

December 01, 2023
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Dayco outlines best practice for belt replacement

|Date: November 07, 2023

Dayco outlines best practice for belt replacement

Although Dayco is an original equipment supplier of both the primary and auxiliary drive systems to vehic ...

Although Dayco is an original equipment supplier of both the primary and auxiliary drive systems to vehicle manufacturers around the world, its aftermarket division is also active in the independent s ...

November 07, 2023
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Dayco encourages best practice

|Date: October 19, 2023

Dayco encourages best practice

Dayco has encouraged businesses to take a similar stance to a workshop in Devon who is offering a fixed p ...

Dayco has encouraged businesses to take a similar stance to a workshop in Devon who is offering a fixed price for timing belt replacement on the Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine. Dayco’s National Sales ...

October 19, 2023
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Dayco deep dives into thermal management

|Date: October 10, 2023

Dayco deep dives into thermal management

Dayco details the importance of efficient and effective thermal management to the running of ever cleaner ...

Dayco details the importance of efficient and effective thermal management to the running of ever cleaner vehicle engines. As independent workshops will be acutely aware, in order for vehicle manufact ...

October 10, 2023
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How to replace the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia

|Date: August 24, 2023

How to replace the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia

Dayco guides PMM readers through the replacement of the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia, using Dayco Kit K ...

Dayco guides PMM readers through the replacement of the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia, using Dayco Kit KTB819. On its launch in 2013, the 1.4- litre TSI (CHPA) powered mark III Octavia, was the large ...

August 24, 2023
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How to repair Ford EcoBoost “Fox” engines

|Date: July 17, 2023

How to repair Ford EcoBoost “Fox” engines

Belt manufacturer Dayco addresses some of the wider issues of the timing belt replacement on Ford’s 1.0 l ...

Belt manufacturer Dayco addresses some of the wider issues of the timing belt replacement on Ford’s 1.0 litre EcoBoost “Fox” engines. Although with the correct locking tools, the belt and tensioner re ...

July 17, 2023
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How to replace timing belt on a Renault Kangoo

|Date: June 08, 2023

How to replace timing belt on a Renault Kangoo

This month’s Belt Focus comes from Dayco. The timing belt is being replaced on a 2007-16 Renault Kangoo I ...

This month’s Belt Focus comes from Dayco. The timing belt is being replaced on a 2007-16 Renault Kangoo II, fitted with a 1.6 litre petrol engine (K4m.8.30) Vehicle Information Manufacturer: Renault M ...

June 08, 2023
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Maintaining timing belt on a Ford ‘Fox’ engine

|Date: October 31, 2022

Maintaining timing belt on a Ford ‘Fox’ engine

In this month’s Belt Focus, Dayco shines a light on the belt-in-oil system on Ford’s EcoBoost ‘Fox’ engin ...

In this month’s Belt Focus, Dayco shines a light on the belt-in-oil system on Ford’s EcoBoost ‘Fox’ engines. Dayco, the company that pioneered the belt in oil (BIO) innovation on behalf of vehicle man ...

October 31, 2022
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The importance of PureTech engine maintenance

|Date: August 17, 2022

The importance of PureTech engine maintenance

Dayco’s National Sales Manager, Steve Carolan stresses the need for workshops to provide regular maintena ...

Dayco’s National Sales Manager, Steve Carolan stresses the need for workshops to provide regular maintenance of PureTech engines in line with VMs’ scheduled service intervals, to ensure the ongoing re ...

August 17, 2022
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Dayco expands offering

|Date: August 08, 2022

Dayco expands offering

Demonstrating the growing number of product groups that now feature in its aftermarket programme, Dayco h ...

Demonstrating the growing number of product groups that now feature in its aftermarket programme, Dayco has introduced almost 40 new part numbers during the first quarter of 2022. Although many of the ...

August 08, 2022
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Dayco extends product range

|Date: June 30, 2022

Dayco extends product range

Dayco has announced many of its recent additions are familiar power transmission components, but several ...

Dayco has announced many of its recent additions are familiar power transmission components, but several fall within other categories, for instance, thermal management. Among the parts recently introd ...

June 30, 2022
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How to replace timing belt on a 1.4l Škoda Octavia

|Date: May 20, 2022

How to replace timing belt on a 1.4l Škoda Octavia

In this month’s Belt Focus, Dayco explains how to replace the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia mk3. On its ...

In this month’s Belt Focus, Dayco explains how to replace the timing belt on a Škoda Octavia mk3. On its launch in 2013, the 1.4-litre TSI (CHPA) powered mark III Octavia, was the largest petrol engin ...

May 20, 2022
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How to replace timing belt on a Renault Kangoo II

|Date: March 21, 2022

How to replace timing belt on a Renault Kangoo II

This month’s Belt Focus comes from Dayco. The timing belt is being replaced on a 2007-16 Renault Kangoo I ...

This month’s Belt Focus comes from Dayco. The timing belt is being replaced on a 2007-16 Renault Kangoo II, fitted with a 1.6 litre petrol engine (K4m.8.30). Vehicle Information Manufacturer: Renault ...

March 21, 2022
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Dayco expands thermal management offering

|Date: March 16, 2022

Dayco expands thermal management offering

Dayco has added electric water pumps for electric, hybrid and ICE vehicles to their thermal management af ...

Dayco has added electric water pumps for electric, hybrid and ICE vehicles to their thermal management aftermarket offerings. With pressure to reduce emissions and improve fuel consumption, they have ...

March 16, 2022
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How to install the timing belt on a Fiat 500

|Date: October 13, 2021

How to install the timing belt on a Fiat 500

This month’s Belt Focus looks at the installation process behind a Dayco timing belt kit (KTBWP2853) in a ...

This month’s Belt Focus looks at the installation process behind a Dayco timing belt kit (KTBWP2853) in a 1.4L Fiat 500. The 1.4-litre MPi petrol engine used in the popular Fiat 500, features a timing ...

October 13, 2021
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