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Offline Rolfe

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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #60 on: 19 June 2012, 21:59 »
All I know is, when I said "chain", the guy who actually works on the car said, that car actually has a belt, not a chain.  Maybe it depends on your definition.

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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #61 on: 19 June 2012, 22:31 »
Hardly complicated at all, how could it possibly go wrong  :shocked: :shocked:



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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #62 on: 19 June 2012, 22:39 »
No wonder the f****r goes wrong then is it????

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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #63 on: 19 June 2012, 23:03 »
No bad as others out there. Alfa 3.0 I've done in the past has a oil driven tensioner. A lot of cars do.
If you think that looks complicated good job you never had to change a belt on a subaru impreza turbo or many other cars
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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #64 on: 19 June 2012, 23:42 »
All I know is, when I said "chain", the guy who actually works on the car said, that car actually has a belt, not a chain.  Maybe it depends on your definition.


I'm sure he's very competent and knows his stuff but it is a big difference.
Chains tend to outdo the life of the car so don't need changed.
Belts are perishable and need changed at X amount of miles and usually cost a premium to do.

I've had 3 cars that have all had their belts snap "before" the recommended mileage. 2 of which cost an absolute fortune to rebuild the engine. The 3rd being my wife's old Punto that was non destructive, thankfully. It only required a new belt.
 
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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #65 on: 20 June 2012, 17:41 »
It's not a chain in this particular car, it's a belt.  And this car was serviced only three weeks before the incident.

It's a faff to drain the oil.  But I'm sure VW will have tested it just to make sure it was done.
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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #66 on: 20 June 2012, 18:02 »
It's not a chain in this particular car, it's a belt.  And this car was serviced only three weeks before the incident.

It's a faff to drain the oil.  But I'm sure VW will have tested it just to make sure it was done.

No doubt that's why VW were *very* inquisitive with Andrew - Morag's mechanic - as to whether he'd used the correct oil..... Any doubt and I'm sure the warranty would have been void!
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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #67 on: 20 June 2012, 19:17 »
They were indeed.  They actually kept badgering him after he'd sent the information.  He had the receipted invoices from VW for the correct oil, and was able to supply these.  After all, he knew he was servicing a car under warranty, this was something I discussed with him before actually buying the car, never mind letting him service it.  He knew he had to do it by the book.

Also, this is a fairly small village.  Andrew relies on people in the village patronising his garage.  If it got round that he'd cost someone a £5,000 repair bill by invalidating their warranty (and let me tell you, things like that get around pretty fast), he'd be looking at a serious dent in his business.

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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #68 on: 27 June 2012, 19:36 »
What age were the ones that went bang?
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Re: Prospero seriously ill!
« Reply #69 on: 09 February 2013, 00:50 »
The 3 owners who have had failed tensioner may want to join in this from the USA.

 http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53883
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