So booked my van in for a Cam belt in a weeks time as it has now covered 83k, what else would you recommend doing now it’s out of warranty and the VW muppets won’t be working on it.
Cam Belt. What Else ?
- Thread starter Petehelmet
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Not fitting a new gearbox
Not fitting a new gearbox
Fluid and filter of DSG box does need changing though. Cant remember the intervals thought off the top of my head.
Every 40k iirc
Looking in that pdf @Loz posted, the cam belt is every 120000km (75000 miles) for DUSTY areas.
Otherwise its 210000km (130000 miles).
North West UK is far to wet to be considered dusty. Am I alright for a few miles yet then? Split the difference, do it at 100000 miles?
My mates broke at 85k hence why I’m doing it but on the plus side they fitted a new engine
Well this should be a warning to anyone thinking of leaving there Cam belt as to the state of mine, hopefully you can see from picture , like this in several places, apparently there is an issue with the Gates Cam belt that VW used. Not sure if this was changed to Gates when they did the cylinder head at 30k or it’s the original
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Glad mine is booked in a week Friday now.
That is almost certainly a result of when the technicians were doing the cylinder head work unless a loose stone has been thrown behind the cover (I've read of similar issues for vehicles without a plastic under engine tray) I'm 99% sure Gates are VAG factory fit and when I come to change mine it will be replaced by a Gates belt.
Interestingly, cars fitted with the same TDi CR engine are recommended at five years if going by time rather than mileage.
That would make sense as mine didn’t have an engine under tray until 6 months back when I fitted one, my mates van also never had one which was probably a contribution to his break.
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