05MK4TDI
Veteran Member
i’m so sorry if this is a repeat, as i have almost no experience with forums and volkswagens in general. i just bought my first TDI Jetta with 225K miles on it. the guy i bought the car off of was the original owner and couldn’t provide me any documentation about the timing belt. he said he got the car fully serviced about 2 years ago. i asked him what oil he was running and where he would service it and he said that the technicians at shops like the “walmart automotive shop” and “brake masters auto shop” did the servicing on this car. this of course got me thinking about the timing belt as it is a very hard and expensive job to do on these cars. is there a way i can see on the belt itself if it was stamped with a date that it was last serviced? I went to the dealership and was quoted $1,700 for the timing belt service.
i’m extremely new to volkswagens as i have only owned a jeep.
i could consider myself mechanically inclined for my age, only being 16, and i want to learn off of my new car but this belt job seems extremely complicated.
1) is there is a cheap way to get this service done?
2) can i physically see if it needs to be serviced?
3) and if any, are there any extremely cost effective shop (not my local dealer) that could do this? (Gilbert Arizona, USA)
2005 Volkswagen Jetta 1.9 TDI BEW (PD) 5 speed manual 225k miles...
Thank you so much for your help!
i’m extremely new to volkswagens as i have only owned a jeep.
i could consider myself mechanically inclined for my age, only being 16, and i want to learn off of my new car but this belt job seems extremely complicated.
1) is there is a cheap way to get this service done?
2) can i physically see if it needs to be serviced?
3) and if any, are there any extremely cost effective shop (not my local dealer) that could do this? (Gilbert Arizona, USA)
2005 Volkswagen Jetta 1.9 TDI BEW (PD) 5 speed manual 225k miles...
Thank you so much for your help!