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Thanks for the reply The belts teeth were missing in the crankshaft area, meaning that the crank could turn without the belt moving. What you say about the crank being 360 out could very well be the case - I will check that & it makes a lot of sense. Oh my goodness, Ive reason for hope again...

Happy New Year Folks. Hope yours has started better than my mates. A good mate has shred teeth on his timing belt whilst taking his better half for an Aniversary weekend. RAC recovered him back to Dartford. Ive looked at the car, removed belt, both cams turn 360, crank turns 360 & everything...

On the 1.9tdi like mine, the stat is a bit of a nuisance as you need to remove the alternator, so it took about 45 mins, but no big deal. After i done mine, a friend asked me to help do his & it honestly took 15mins & top up G12 time. Good luck Den, it should be easy

Total Success, Changed thermostat & sensor, car now stays steady on 90 as it should. I used a Meyle stat

I still love the grunt too, but can only afford limp mode speed at todays petrol pump prices.

Having owned many motors from the VAG group over many years. I settled on the tdi format about 10 years ago. We have seen great innovation & improvements in that time and the net has allowed us to share our ups & downs along with advice & knowledge to help others enjoy their motoring. I hope i...

Hi Lee, Just joined the AS forum & was interested to see your reply in this post. My PD tdi is suffering with seriously poor MPG ( 40 ) & my temp guage was working randomly, but mostly NEVER. I changed the sensor, topped up the G12, left car running for 15mins or so while squeezing the fluid...