tdiblair
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 16, 2005
- Location
- CT Yankee
- TDI
- Passat 2005 silver Passat Sedan & 2005 Wagon Stone Henge Gray
With 3 of these 2005 Passat Diesels in the family the timing belt time is approaching. Do I go with the gear set which is very expensive and still does not correct that ' key' in the oil pump drive shaft slot? Do I go with the "Delete Kit" which some seem to like and others claim noticeable vibration - others say they no vibration? Did this forum ever come to a majority consensus on The Delete Kit? I've been off the forum for a while and would love to know. My focus has always been on these 2 alternatives ( Gear Set or The Delete Kit) Between those two I'm was leaning on the Delete, but my local shop mentioned something I never considered. I'm not sure the forum has either.
I described the shoe that presses or puts tension against the chain coming apart and sending metal fragments though the engine oil. He said put enough miles and a lot of shoes and this can happen but what if you replace the chain and replace the ' shoe' every 80,000 miles when you have the timing belt done? he said, I doubt that many of these shoes destroy themselves before 80,000 miles. Perhaps the bulk of the problems happen after the 80,000 mile mark since most repair shops just do the Timing Belt and never consider replacing the chain and ' tensioning shoe' at 80,000 miles.
I know one member here had that tensioning shoe begin to come apart by 80,000 miles. Is this the only case where the shoe started to come apart before 80-K ? Another, in CT where I'm from, had his break at 150,000. I realize this is not a perfect solution, but the percentage of shoes that broke by 80,000 miles I'm ' guessing ' is a very small percentage. Guessing, is something non of us like to do on our cars so I want to toss this 3rd approach out to the forum. In short you are replacing the Balance Shaft Chain and the Shoe , with new VW stock chain and Shoe, keeping your balance shaft in the car and ' assuming' the odds are well in your favor that the NEW SHOE makes it 80K to the next Timing Belt change. For all I know, maybe VW beefed up or modified the tensioning shoe?
Your thoughts please,
TDIBlair
I described the shoe that presses or puts tension against the chain coming apart and sending metal fragments though the engine oil. He said put enough miles and a lot of shoes and this can happen but what if you replace the chain and replace the ' shoe' every 80,000 miles when you have the timing belt done? he said, I doubt that many of these shoes destroy themselves before 80,000 miles. Perhaps the bulk of the problems happen after the 80,000 mile mark since most repair shops just do the Timing Belt and never consider replacing the chain and ' tensioning shoe' at 80,000 miles.
I know one member here had that tensioning shoe begin to come apart by 80,000 miles. Is this the only case where the shoe started to come apart before 80-K ? Another, in CT where I'm from, had his break at 150,000. I realize this is not a perfect solution, but the percentage of shoes that broke by 80,000 miles I'm ' guessing ' is a very small percentage. Guessing, is something non of us like to do on our cars so I want to toss this 3rd approach out to the forum. In short you are replacing the Balance Shaft Chain and the Shoe , with new VW stock chain and Shoe, keeping your balance shaft in the car and ' assuming' the odds are well in your favor that the NEW SHOE makes it 80K to the next Timing Belt change. For all I know, maybe VW beefed up or modified the tensioning shoe?
Your thoughts please,
TDIBlair