LLeonhard
Well-known member
Hello all
I had my 110 K service done yesterday and in conjunction with that I asked the VW shop I go to (not a VW dealership, but an independent VW / Audi specialist) to provide me with a quote for the 120 K service including DSG and timing belt replacement. The guy looked a bit weird at me and said that the timing belt was not required to be replaced till 130K. I told him that I was pretty sure it was due at 120K based on what I have been reading in these forums ect. He said that there was nothing wrong with changing it at 120K if that's what I wanted, however he let me know that I could wait till 130K.
I thought he was mistaken by that but sure enough I checked the service manual today and it does say that the 2.0TDI should have its timing belt replacement done at 130K. It does not apply to the 2.0TDI at 120K.
For some reason I seem to have read in here that everyone talks about the 120K range when the timing belt is due at these TDI's, so just wanted to get peoples thought and ideas. It's a fairly expensive repair (have not received the quote yet but I expect it to be around 1,200$) so if I can wait to have it done at 130K instead of 120K I will do so. I do drive close to 4,000 mile per month so it will only mean that it will be a couple of months after the 120K service, however I'll take that anytime.
Let me know what you guys think
Thanks
I had my 110 K service done yesterday and in conjunction with that I asked the VW shop I go to (not a VW dealership, but an independent VW / Audi specialist) to provide me with a quote for the 120 K service including DSG and timing belt replacement. The guy looked a bit weird at me and said that the timing belt was not required to be replaced till 130K. I told him that I was pretty sure it was due at 120K based on what I have been reading in these forums ect. He said that there was nothing wrong with changing it at 120K if that's what I wanted, however he let me know that I could wait till 130K.
I thought he was mistaken by that but sure enough I checked the service manual today and it does say that the 2.0TDI should have its timing belt replacement done at 130K. It does not apply to the 2.0TDI at 120K.
For some reason I seem to have read in here that everyone talks about the 120K range when the timing belt is due at these TDI's, so just wanted to get peoples thought and ideas. It's a fairly expensive repair (have not received the quote yet but I expect it to be around 1,200$) so if I can wait to have it done at 130K instead of 120K I will do so. I do drive close to 4,000 mile per month so it will only mean that it will be a couple of months after the 120K service, however I'll take that anytime.
Let me know what you guys think
Thanks