cambelt or chain ? both !

[boxer1968]

hi recently bought a 16v golf. kr engine 1.8 i believe ,can any one shed any light on weather it has just a cambelt or chain or both ive been in to my local dealership to confirm the engine fitted to it as previous owner fitted a corrado engine to it cant get any info from engine block  so its like searching for a needle in a haystack.thanks in advance .max

[monzablue16v]

Timing belt runs one cam and the other is driven by a chain at the opposite end of the rocker cover

[boxer1968]

so i have both? thanks for that is the chain ever likely to snap? like a belt! should i get both changed at the same time have managed to get part numbers for belt 027109119c and tensioner 051109243 just need to locate pt number for chain if i should  have to get it changed ! also should i use genuine vw or is ecp good enough ? sorry for the list only want to have this done once

[oakgreengolf]

with regards to the belt and temsioner people reccomend genuine vw. Saying that I got mine from german sweedish car parts  . They will do the chain too

[DOA]

You wouldnt normally expect to have to swap the chain at the same time as the belt but its worth checking the chain to see if its stretched I suppose. Not sure where you would get a figure to check it and there are a couple of ways of checking chain stretch, but worth a look.

[nealey]

If there is no sign on the chain ever being replaced then change it and the tensioner as they will be past their best by now and its amazing the difference a properly tensioned chain makes

[boxer1968]

right if ive got this right been on gsf  site for parts is this correct and am i missing any thing timing belt pt num 13109  timing belt tensioner pt num 13140  timing chain-cam 13160  timing belt tension.stud pt num 13132 is there another tensioner for the chain ? all help so far much appreacted thanks. max

[oakgreengolf]

no tensioner for the chain just goes on the end of each cam

[danny_p]

do belt and tensioner,  as for the chain  they normaly outlast the engine   if it rattels in needs changeing  but on a regualy serviced engine they rarely show any sings of wear