Hello guys and girls - I am new to this forum. I just bought a 2000 TT Quattro 180hp 2 days ago (manufactured in late 1999) and I am already in love!!!!! My wife has gotten a lot less attention already . I am taking it in very soon to get the fluids, hoses, etc. changed.

I am wondering if I should get the timing belt (and water pump) changed? It is at 100,000kms (or about 60,000 miles). The manual says it is good for 180,000kms (or about 125,000 miles) so I should be good for awhile. But I have read some horror stories on various forums etc. of people having the timing belt go well under recommended interval.

Any comments would be appreciated.

 

Hi TTRodman, welcome to the forums. Congrats on your new purchase. Most of us recommend getting the timing belt, water pump, idle pullie, and tensioner changed from 60k-80k miles. Audi does say to wait till over a 100k, but there have been far too many failures before that period.

 

I think that the 60,000 mile mark is practical. I've owned a lot of 4 cyl cars and the average milage recommended by most seems to be 60K. Like others say its not written in stone but I'd air on the side of caution. From what I've read and learned so far, its not really the belt the fails but one of the belt driven items that fails or gets bad dragging on the belt thus causing it to break. Just my 2cts worth.

 

My 01 TT 225HP Quattro that I just bougth has 62100 miles on it and I was wondering how diffcult it would be to change a timing
belt on those cars? Is it something I can do or is it a dealer only fix? How about the waterpump?
I just changed Sparkplugs and the plugs in there still looked pretty good considering they were in their for the last 62000 Miles.
When I called my dealer I got stickershock on Spark Plugs. They wanted 18.99 per Plug. OOUCH!!!! I am used to paying maybe
$2.50 a plug or less but not almost 20 bucks for a plug. I called around and found that Pep Boys could order them for 15.95 a piece
and then I found Advance Auto that got them for me for $9.98 a piece. There must be a huge mark up on these parts if there is
such a huge difference for the same exact plug. NGK PFR6Q .. Oh well...
Anyway, does anyone have anyplace where they show a detail tear down on how to change a timing belt?

Thanks for your expert advice!

 

that just depends how mechanically inclined are u ? but if you do want to attept this yourself I sudjest you get a Bently manual and not the haynes one that one is garbage

 

WOW CL you do get around these forums
I am fairly good when it comes to minor mechanical repairs like Alternator, Brakes, Intake, Waterpumps etc.... But I haven't done
a timing belt as of yet. Where can I get my hands on a Bentley manual? I can't even find a Hayes around here and with the name
like Bentley it is probably expensive I just spend a big chunk on a down payment on this car and have 4 years still to pay on
my baby so extra little expenses are kinda hard to justify but I think if it is around 40-50 bucks it might be well worth it.

Any idea where I can get one for cheap?

 

yea i get around haha go to www.bentleypublishers.com and u can either buy it on disk or you can buy an actual manual

 

[sm=insomnia.gif] WOW, that manual is almost a hundred bucks. But I guess it can save you a lot if you do most of the work
yourself. I will have to check E-bay for a more frugal solution

 

haha good luck with ebay

 

I used to have a 99 golf gti and that got sold to a garage for about 1000 dollars because the timing belt went and threw out all the valves. Better safe then sorry. but also just look at the belt for cracks if their arnt any then you should be well off, if their are cracks then change it. my 2 cts