The first time the owner's manual recommends changing the timing belt is at 130K miles. I have been checking posts for other model years and the longest I have seen is 100K. Have the belts been improved that much for the 2011 CR engines?
So you are doing maintenance in the hopes that VW will cover a potential out-of-warranty failure that you have no reason to think exists? Sounds like they have you fooled.You're lucky as VWUK here insist the camshaft belt is changed every 4 years despite the 120k miles in the schedule...
If you don't then its goodbye to any 'goodwill' payment if the engine blows and you've a large bill.
Good old rip-off Britain.
But, you get the newest Top Gear episodes!You're lucky as VWUK here insist the camshaft belt is changed every 4 years despite the 120k miles in the schedule...
If you don't then its goodbye to any 'goodwill' payment if the engine blows and you've a large bill.
Good old rip-off Britain.
Interference... Otherwise it wouldn't be that big of a deal should the belt fail.Any one know if this is a free spinning or interference engine?
Yuppers. If there's evidence showing it's a better idea to change it more often than VW recommends, I haven't seen it yet. Besides, 130k miles is waaaay out of warranty, so at that point VW is just trying to get your car back in the shop to fund the service/parts departments. If anything the belt can go significantly longer than that.jabeyer said:the owner's manual recommends changing the timing belt is at 130K miles
I would expect it to be an interference design solely based on it being a Diesel. The only combustion chamber is within the core of the piston, the valves sit flush to the head, and it's likely the piston top comes mighty close to the closed valves at TDC.Any one know if this is a free spinning or interference engine?
Very dangerous ground you're treading there Ryephile!Yuppers. If there's evidence showing it's a better idea to change it more often than VW recommends, I haven't seen it yet. Besides, 130k miles is waaaay out of warranty, so at that point VW is just trying to get your car back in the shop to fund the service/parts departments. If anything the belt can go significantly longer than that.
This is not good news!!I hate to be a wet blanket on a cold day again, but the harder you drive the car the more often you will need to change the belt. Things such as "launch starts", "driving it like you stole it" blasting away from toll booths and intersections etc. all increase the likelihood of your belt needing to be replaced sooner rather than later.
I will have mine done as the manual states.
Kinda. The VW 130k mile replacement suggestion is likely assuming "normal operating conditions", which accounts for a certain bell-curve distribution of load, RPM, and temperature ranges. Unless you are lugging the engine all day, at the racetrack all the time, or towing huge things frequently, most people that use the car in a normal everyday situation won't even need to consider them driving outside the expected operating conditions for that service interval.... all increase the likelihood...
Thats right they don't warranty beyond 4 years full stop.So you are doing maintenance in the hopes that VW will cover a potential out-of-warranty failure that you have no reason to think exists? Sounds like they have you fooled.
Interestingly a guy I know had tickets for the recording of the two latest Christmas episodes.....waiting list has now grown to 380k! people for tickets according to stats announced at the studio hanger.But, you get the newest Top Gear episodes!