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Offline Johnboy1869

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Timing Belt change
« on: 31 March 2010, 17:56 »
what mileage should the timing belt be changed at on a Mk5 Golf GTI???  someone told me after 4yrs/60000 miles??
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Offline FamilyDub

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #1 on: 31 March 2010, 19:04 »

Have you tried the search function?

You'll get loads of threads with different answers! Time, mileage all vary!

Every 4 years/40k seems to be the rationale on here.
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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #2 on: 31 March 2010, 20:22 »
Quote from: Johnboy1869 on 31 March 2010, 17:56
what mileage should the timing belt be changed at on a Mk5 Golf GTI???  someone told me after 4yrs/60000 miles??

yes. You are correct 4yrs or 60k miles, whatever comes first.
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Offline TagnuT

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #3 on: 31 March 2010, 20:46 »
Quote from: Stitch on 31 March 2010, 20:22
Quote from: Johnboy1869 on 31 March 2010, 17:56
what mileage should the timing belt be changed at on a Mk5 Golf GTI???  someone told me after 4yrs/60000 miles??

yes. You are correct 4yrs or 60k miles, whatever comes first.

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Offline Johnboy1869

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #4 on: 01 April 2010, 02:11 »
cheers, how much will this cost?? any ideas?
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Offline Ed30DSG

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #5 on: 01 April 2010, 10:02 »
It's actually 4yrs or 120k miles (for the ed30 anyway) - been discussed lots.

Didn't believe it myself, so I phone the dealer who confirmed it.
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Offline AlanD

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #6 on: 01 April 2010, 10:57 »
Quote from: Ed30DSG on 01 April 2010, 10:02
Didn't believe it myself, so I phone the dealer who confirmed it.

Just because the dealer said it doesnt mean its right. They talk so much sh!t its untrue.
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Offline Ed30DSG

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #7 on: 01 April 2010, 11:11 »
LOL, I agree, but it's also written down in my handbook - I thought maybe they'd got miles and kilometers mixed up, but no, apparantly it is 120k miles.

I will be replacing mine at 80k miles.
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Offline AlanD

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #8 on: 01 April 2010, 12:22 »
To do 120k in 4 years you would have to do 80 miles a day which I doubt no one does in an ED30.
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Offline Ed30DSG

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Re: Timing Belt change
« Reply #9 on: 01 April 2010, 12:24 »
Mine had 32k miles on it when I bought it and it was not far over a year old!

And still on the original set of Michelins at the front!
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