What mileage should you change the timing belt?
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What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 1:02:07 PM
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ltsheets
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when should you change your timing belt based on mileage??
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 1:04:32 PM
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theTTkid
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recommended in 60k intervals.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 2:28:27 PM
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JettaRedII
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when should you change ur timing belt based on mileage??
Somebody shoot this guy! 
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 4:22:53 PM
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Hitchr10
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No problems with TT timing belts...your original one should last forever.
(clue: search "timing belt" in this forum)
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 4:39:32 PM
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thanks....and no reason to shoot someone trying to take care of their car
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 4:42:28 PM
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before 70k at least.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 4:50:53 PM
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JettaRedII
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quote:
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thanks....and no reason to shoot someone trying to take care of their car
You asked the question after 33 posts. Still kinda new, but around long enough to know to try searching first.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 5:00:59 PM
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seriously, that is the single most covered issue.....
EVER!!!
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 6:04:10 PM
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well i'm new to the forum and new to DIY on my TT so cut me some slack :)
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/8/2008 6:58:00 PM
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JettaRedII
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Oh, alright. But just this once.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/9/2008 6:33:34 PM
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go ahead and ask - the guys with the answers who want to help will always come through.......true enthusiasts have to to help others, must be a genetic thing
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/9/2008 7:59:22 PM
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achTTung
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That about sums it up. I have cousins sending me myspace messages/family calling to see if Im doing ok in the 'big city' of burlington vt. I think they expect a little life update, but all I ever send back is what I'm doing to the car. Doesnt matter the situation, it always turns into a car conversation.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/10/2008 8:06:22 AM
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P1800toTT
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Five years or 60,000. I'm having mine done next week at 30,000 miles. The car is eight years old.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/10/2008 3:03:57 PM
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fireman9585
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I was "told" to change it at 90k. It broke at 83700! Don't believe what you are told. Read!
Anyone on this forum could have told me not to go past 60k.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 6:25:38 AM
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kwaskow
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How much should you exepct to be charged for the service?
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 6:50:11 AM
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JettaRedII
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$700-$1000.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 10:25:00 AM
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its usually best to buy all the parts and have a good shop install it
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 2:53:48 PM
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MeanAudiA6
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yes and if you do DIY becareful as it was the hardest thing ive ever done to my car...and i do everything myself from electronics to clutch....hardest part was getting the belt back on and correct.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 5:45:15 PM
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JettaRedII
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its usually best to buy all the parts and have a good shop install it
But shops won't warrant the parts if you bring them to them, only the original labor.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/12/2008 7:16:20 PM
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achTTung
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t was the hardest thing ive ever done to my car
Dude, something was up htere. After my first time, I rated it something like a 6 on the difficulty scale, and only because its in a tight space. Not too hard, just time consuming.
I don't think there are many things you can do on these cars that I'd truely call difficult, when you break it all down, its still just turning bolts. Now, maybe on some porsche models... you don't even want to know what that involves.
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RE: What mileage should you change the timing belt? - 5/13/2008 7:59:02 AM
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Gmastermind87
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i changed my at 70 only because the water pump went bad but if it did not go bad i woukld have did it at 75. remember the better you take care of your car the longer its gonna last
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