u/RedTwongi

Placed a new timing belt and water pump on my Twingo in my driveway these past 2 days.

As someone without any real automotive experience i gotta say, it was not super hard in the end. Basic tools and a lot of googling and you're good to go.

The option to do this stuff myself was one of the big reasons for me to get a Twingo and i managed, what i assume to be one of the more difficult tasks, without blowing up the engine.

Would recommend for people who wanna get into working on cars without taking big risks on expensive sensitive stuff.

Now i can drive safely without worrying that the belt will snap and as a bonus a lot of the rattling in my interior seems to have vanished.

I got a chance to look at the engine mount and despite it looking old, it did not seem worn or cracked.

So maybe a little tightening was all it needed.

Hey there,

Does anyone know an easy way to get a new set of bolts for the valve cover of a 1.2 16V 75hp Twingo from 2005?

I was replacing my valve cover gasket and snapped one of the long bolts when i was closing it up again.

Maybe it's smart to just replace all the bolts if possible.

The short ones are also not just regular bolts because they have those nubs on the end, which pass through the valve head.

Would love your advice 🙏