Renewal of Auxiliary Drive Belt - When ?

[MrOrk]

@oldiebut goodie I’m just after a straight answer, ‘yes in this circumstance this should happen’ or ‘no, in this circumstance this should not happen, even with crappy maintenance ’. As I haven’t got another t5 at hand to compare.

 

[bluezie]

'But officer, there wasn't a warning when my tyres got below the legal limit, and now they're bald an burst, it can't be my fault...'

 

[MrOrk]

Hey @bluezie, have I said that it wasnt my fault? I’m not trying to blame a 3rd party or even the tensioner, just, like I said above, asked a question that someone here might have previous knowledge of

 

[bluezie]

Whether the belt rubs or slips, you are in trouble, as its going to burn out and break. So I very much doubt VW spent money on a stop that isn't necessary.
Derailleurs on bicycles have no stop on them to stop the bottom jockey wheel rubbing the cassette if the chain is allowed to stretch too much. Again, only a situation that can arise due to a serious lack of maintenance.
I, and everyone else on this thread still don't understand why you are asking a hypothetical question for a situation that shouldn't even come close to an issue.

 

[MrOrk]

@bluezie It’s not hypothetical though is it?
I wanted to know if the tensioner should travel so far in this case. Still no answer… yet I’ve been informed my tires will pop if they’re worn, and my Derailleur will foul my bottom jockey

 

[oldiebut goodie]

Ding, ding, Round 4.

 

[MrOrk]

So just to pick up where I left off, cambelt, water pump and aux belt were changed 2 yrs/9k ago. Hence my initial thought that a secondary issue caused the problem. Tensioner failure of some description maybe or something else pulley related.hence my question. The chunks missing from the belt are due to the fact it was touching, it wasn’t the general condition of the belt.

 

[oldiebut goodie]

Just accept it that it was the general condition of the belt that lead to chunks being ripped off - the belt was stretched and that is all. I don't understand why you keep going on like this after you have had it pointed out several times.

 

[MrOrk]

is this the expected life expectancy of an aux belt? Is that the kind of interval everybody’s changing them at? Obviously might differ between manufactures.

 

[DXX]

Many owners have been changing the aux’ belt the same time as the timing belt kit which up until recently was 4 years in the UK only. For that reason I would suspect that there been few cases of failure.
I’m now 7 1/2 years / 60K miles on the same timing belt and aux‘ belt without issues and I don’t expect any.
Unless you physically saw the aux’ belt replaced or did it yourself just because you were invoiced for a new belt doesn’t mean it was carried out.

 

[MrOrk]

@DXX thanks for your straight response.
I was invoiced for one with the timing belt.
I should have checked and not relied on my vw specialist.