timing belt

My van (1992 Delica L300) has a V belt squeal. Well, I'm pretty sure its not the alternator belts, but not 100%. It sounds like it's coming from the V belts. I noticed it after that big melt we had in Vancouver, driving through some large puddles. At first it only squealed after driving through...

So I was driving my '92 L300 with the 4D56, and lost all power before the engine shut down. I tried to start it up and it sounded fine, it sounded to me like it just wasn't getting fuel so I was suspecting maybe an issue with a fuel pump or filter. I had the van towed back to my house and...

Unfortunately, my balance belt blew up this weekend and threw my timing. Only 40k km on them too. Two hours earlier and I would have been 15miles back in the middle of some BLM land with no one in sight. Super grateful. On the drive home I heard some clanking noise in the top end, pulled over...

I recently got my 92 L300 and I know the timing belt was not replaced when they serviced it before selling it to me. Today I went to pull off the cover to inspect it and I noticed this sticker. I used Google Translate and it says it’s a timing belt maintenance sticker. According to this it says...

I was wondering if anyone has experience running Gates timing belts on their 4d56 motors. It is about $25 for gates timing and balancer belts from rockauto and $90 for oem. The price difference is crazy. Would people recommend them or try getting OEM?