Cambelt due?

[oat]

Hey all when's it due? mileage/age?

Cheers!

 

[Ads]

5 years or 60-70k miles... I think.
Got the one on my last A3 done at 5 years cos had only done 38k miles.

How old is your car and how many miles has it done?

 

[jonbonazza]

The manual says every 80,000 miles, but I prefer to change the belts on any car ever 60,000 miles. I believe all VW engines are interference motors meaning if the timeing belt breaks or the cam belt breaks you can ruin your valves.

 

[Ads]

Another bit of advice, if you hear a knocking when pulling off after your cambelt change.... its your engine mounts that need changing.
It happened to me.

Spoken to a few mechanics now and it's not unusual that after the mounts are disturbed during the cambelt change they can fail.

 

[oat]

This one is just over 3 years old and 40k miles, so I'm all good for a while then

Cheers!

 

[shilts]

Did hear from a dealer recently that he thought Audi were going to change it to 4 years !