At what mileage do ya need to change the timing belts in a 110 Tdi and a 115 PD ? My friend has just been told its 40,000, and the stealer is looking 285 for doing it!!!! I thought it was 60,000???? Any help with this one guys... before she gets ripped off this savvy!!!!
It is 60k for some petrol engines, but again I'd rather 40k as per the Haynes manual. 285 seems like a lot. As an example a SEAT dealer wanted 130 + parts + VAT for a timing belt change. I bought belt and tensioner myself and had it fitted for 60 (not a diesel I know).
285, a mere drop in the ocean. Audi want 400 to do the cambelt on my A3!!!! Needless to say, I'll be doing it myself, but at 100,000 mile intervals, it ain't too bad
According to my service schedule booklet there is no specifics to changing the belt, only checking it. Also this article also suggest that cambelts don't need to be changed anymore (just visually checked at intervals) Cambelt site
LOL, and when the timing belt is slapping off the tensioner because its running on the bumper youd leave it?? Its advised to check it regularly, but they still need changing.
Just read about the 3rd gen ContiTech timing belts and they do sound impressive. But they are yet to be implemented really.
If its done 85k then your on borrowed time, starting to lose count of the number of 20v heads Ive rebuilt or had to replace. Sometimes they break the cam caps and the cams. Lowest one so far was at 43k + always remove and inspect water pump impeller The problem is that depending on the type of tensioner it runs out of tension and allows the belt to run excessively slack and eventually starts to peel the teeth from the belt, its not so bad if the tension is checked on a service Service interval for most popular 1.8t engine codes is 74.5k which I think is a little generous Edited by: motorhead
every ones talking about leaving it, which is ok for people that can fix the damage, but for those who can't, rebuilding a cyc head will be little scary/expensive! Better to change early, than late! From what I've found, 80% of the time when a cars come in with a snapped belt, it's been one of the tensioners/jocky wheels that has seized/bearings have fallen out At least find out whats needed, in the way of special timing tools, and change all the parts that can be! Note : a lot of the modern cars ('92-) need more time to do than the old H block
Yeah the Contitech belts sound impressive, I thought latest VWs use the Contitech belts?: "Examples from the VW corporation demonstrate that timing belts can indeed last so long in actual use: on the 1.0 to 1.6 l gasoline engines on the Lupo, Polo, Golf and comparable models of the Skoda and Seat brands, the maintenance schedule no longer specifies an interval for belt replacement - a lifetime of use for the benefit and safety of the drivers. ..The requirements placed upon timing belts are becoming ever more demanding. But modern materials make the belts more reliable: where a timing belt might have managed to last 10 hours on ContiTech's high-performance test benches several years ago, it can now reach 500 hours thanks to high-quality tension members in the timing belt. Glass cord tension members manufactured by just a few specialized companies in the world and a special HNBR rubber compound make operating temperatures between - 40 and + 150 C possible and provide a long service life. Test vehicles equipped with the CONTI HSN-POWER, a third generation timing belt, have easily reached 300,000 kilometers without a belt change."
