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Yep I can definitely it had been used as I threw it in the bin lol, I’m not being harsh but I have little care if people want to exceed the belt change interval I offer no opinion on this nor do I if they want to change earlier
This will put a spin on it for those that are unaware dealers operate bonus schemes so the faster you work as a tech and quicker you do the job the more money you get on top of your wages, and most of them get their pay slips on round bits of paper ..... cause so many corners get cut
As opposed to you always knowing best?
Sorry have you got something you want to add ?
Sounds great cant miss out on that
And before anyone wants put a sarcastic response it wasn’t on an engine with a timing chain
I fail to see where @Niknak is claiming to know best. I actually enjoy his tongue in cheek views on the cam belt subject, particularly given his professional experience in this area (including dealership!)
That cracked me up!
I guess it depends on what you are classing as 'pattern parts'. VW like all over automotive OEMs have a supply base for the majority of the parts that go into the build of their vehicles and make very little themselves - they are assemblers. For the belts, they have a set of approved suppliers and approved parts (PPAP process) and those that have seen what has been removed at the first cambelt change will typically see either Gates or Dayco names on the belts. If your garage fits a Gates or Dayco belt kit then you have absolutely nothing to worry about - they are exactly the same parts as you'll get from the dealer but without the huge dealer mark up.
Totally agree, I did the same at 5 years and 40K miles, I'm sure I read somewhere that if the aux belt fails it can cause the cambelt to fail too, so for the small cost it's a no brainer.
So these no oe parts what parts warranty do you get on these just asking ? No great mark up on these either if you go to TPS for instance, in regards to air, fuel , dsg, and pollen filters do you know if the particulate size is the same a genuine as my time in a dealer and experience is you’ll be handed a much higher bill if a tech sees pattern parts and comes to do a repair, cheapest can be the most expensive in the long run, in reality pattern parts are not really cheaper these days, i had a customer wanting shocks doing the other day and they wanted to supply their own bits from a supplier and they were £30 more for unknown brand compared to genuine
Yep the aux belts are a pain, they either shred and jam up behind the bottom pulley the worst I’ve seen a section of belt about two inches long had gone between the belt and the pulley and a friendly AA man had made sure that if the engine was not ruined he made sure it was by cranking it over and over whilst the bottom end spun the cambelt was held off the pulley and repeatedly in straightened the valves
