timing belt change

6 years is long enough, change your timing belt.

hummmm...how many miles are on it....some go at 90 thou.. some never..

here in south africa we work on 90 000km, the you're pushing it, i always say, its cheaper to replace timing kit rather than valves cylinder head gasket ect..........

This is a 2009 VW Jetta TDI w/ 93,000 miles. book says change @120K

sounds like you want to change it...so..thats what i would do then...

oe thing most people learn the hard way is not changing the belt till its to late. Vw and Audi engine are interferance engines so that means any time the belt snaps your looking to go from a 1400$ service charge to over 5000$ head and possible engine replacments. What the book says means rubbish any person with a vw or audi and knows his stuff will tell you replace that belt, pulley, water pump, and thermo stat at 90,000km because any time after that you are rolling the dice on a small or large repair bill.

While its true that velt breajage causes a lot of damage, the belt shiuld be alright until the scheduled replacement time.

Change it at 100,000 don't push it if that belt breaks it will cost u a lot maybe up to 5,000 bucks

Hey VW Gurus, I have a question too, regarding timing belt changing. In Canada they recommend timing belt change in the 90-100,000 Km range. Reading many threads on this topic, and on many different sites based in the US, they all recommend the same, but in MILES. Why the difference when the belts must all come from the same suppliers/manufacturers. As we all know 100,000 miles = 160,000 Kms (or thereabouts). Are we Canadians getting the short end of the timing belt here? What say you?

Its likely that some one has miss posted that info on the us sites either that or its a explaining a chain driven one. Canadian cars are due at 90,000 km no ands ifs about it. This is also due to the heavy amounts of salt we use in canada. Salt and rubber does not mix to well. Also alot of the cars past 2004 for the most part have chain driven timing, so this extends the service window to 150,000km.

2015 Jetta TDI Pushing 200,000km’s According to VW service repairmen they recommend changing timing belt and water pump every 190,000 Kms....so what is it?

technicly if it is a belt its every 90,000km and wit ha chain i would have it serviced every 150,000 alot of the newer models have a chain system so yea its about right. they do all the bolts and gears as well as the tensors and water pump and thermostat and don't let them give you anything less then that.

Now going out on a limb here but wouldn't all mileage or kilometers or any other unit of measure be determinant on how big your spoiler is and how much you put your foot in the pedal and how much of the life of the belt is spent between 4000 and 6000 RPMs. I'm pretty sure if I drove around everywhere in 3rd gear doing a hundred and twenty my belt would go in about half of the life expectancy. Just saying. And I see everyone mentioning all the other internal parts such as tensioner water pump pulleys whatnot don't forget the $20 front main seal LOL. I had an 85 CRX with the same internal water pump and not only did I neck the bolt trying to use the starter to break the crankshaft pulley loose but I changed out on the $20 seal and it started leaking about a month later. But that's just my luck

Check the timing belt for cracks. I would not change it early unless it is cracked or teeth have fallen off.

*I skipped out and didn't want to Fork over another $20 for a little Rubber seal that wasn't any extra work to install seeing as it's already exposed from the water pump tear out. Dumb mistake change it while you're in there if you can change it do it

GanjaGuru5000Gnutz. We are talking Turbo Diesel Injected VW engines here that come stock with 90 HP. There is no spoiler and 4000 RPM is about the very top end that we may ever even rev these motors up to. These are not race cars. These are cars where we try and maximize our economy and Canada is very big and we are commuting great distances, getting 1000-1200 kms or 620-750 miles per tank. In all my research no one has ever mentioned the revving up and the racing and driving around in third gear, so I think you best come in off of that limb, cause it isn't going to support your theory. F_O_R -- yea, I don't think that will fly either. I will bet you 90-95% of Jetta TDI drivers haven't a clue where to look for their timing belt, let alone determine if it is cracking. That would not be any kind of defense when your belt breaks, you ruin your engine, and you write your letter to VW USA and say, well, I inspected my belt and it looked fine. You need to follow what the manual says if you want to maintain your warranty. But once the warranty is over you are on your own. So back to the original question. All the mechanics here in BC that answered my question of when to change the timing belt...each one said 90,000-100,000 KMS. All the US sites that I visited said 100,000 MILES. There are not typos. These are MAJOR parts supplying sites. There are Major how to sites. These are not errors. That is 60,000kms difference. I took mine TDI up to about 135,000 kms before I had my belt changed. My car didn't skip a beat. But because I never got a really good answer that made me feel totally confident, I got it done. An wrecked engine was not worth another 25,000 kms. As far as that little rubber seal? I have driven these cars for well over 1 million kms and I have never heard of that rubber seal. When the timing belt gets changed, the water pump gets changed and all the belts and pulleys that need to be changed are changed. Done. Never had a problem and I have had about 8 Jettas from 1999 to 2018. Thank you for responding with your thoughts and information nonetheless.

Hello timing chain people! My sons 2013 Jetta GLI with only 67,000 miles just blew an engine. Looks like the tensioner are defective and the chain fails... causing catastrophic engine failure. VW dealer said VW extended warranty on the defective parts but any “OTHER DAMAGE” caused will not be covered. They say $18,000 to replace, they cover only $11k we pay $7k. Change the freaking chain and tensioner!

I recently bought a 2014 jetta tdi and it has just over 160,000kms on it and still has the oem timing belt, when I cracked open the cover, the belt was just starting to crack so I'm replacing it this week, wish me luck as I can't find a single guide online but I do have a friend that has access to a guide since he works at a shop.