Cambelt

[der_kaiser]

Hi everyone a quick question with regards to cambelt changing. My girlfriend currently is trying to sell her 1.4 and she seems to think that the cambelt on the mark v doesn't require changing until the light comes on! Seems a bit strange to me but apparently her garage are adamant this is the case. Her car has done 90k I would have thought it's over due regardless of her advice but I would appreciate the advice of the mark V crowd! When should a cambelt change take place on a mark v in this case a petrol 1.4? It's a 2005.

[Gene Hunt.]

Hi everyone a quick question with regards to cambelt changing. My girlfriend currently is trying to sell her 1.4 and she seems to think that the cambelt on the mark v doesn't require changing until the light comes on! Seems a bit strange to me but apparently her garage are adamant this is the case. Her car has done 90k I would have thought it's over due regardless of her advice but I would appreciate of the mark V crowd! When should a cambelt change take place on a mark v in this case a petrol 1.4? It's a 2005.

..............the garage is wrong!!!!!!!!.No warning light for the cambelt. On the GTI it's 4 years or 60,000. Not shure about the 1.4 but either way i would be looking at another garage if thats the info they are giving out.

[AlanD]

Just echoing what Gene Hunt has said really. At 90k the cambelt needs doing, you'll struggle to find a buyer for a car thats done 90k with no cambelt done.

Also don't bother with that garage, no idea what planet they are on. Get it done asap and all the best with the sale of the car.

[jimojameso]

Get that cambelt done tommorow before it snaps!!!

[der_kaiser]

That's what I thought I've never heard of a light for a cambelt.

[Gene Hunt.]

That's what I thought I've never heard of a light for a cambelt.

...........maybe the garage is going on about when the belt snaps & all the warning lights come on cause the engine is f**ked.