At 02:31 PM 9/3/01 -0400, -RyAn- wrote: >Check out these pics of my timing belt. I was >thinking about forking over the money to replace it, >but now I might reconsider. Let me know what you guys >think. I'm not an expert in belts, but it seems to be >OK. > >http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1774277&a=13713626 > >-RyAn-
According to the information I have, originally VW established 60K as the recommended interval to change the 16V Timing belt. After a certain number of years VW found that 60K was too long an interval (mainly due to belt failures) and revised their recommendation to 45K miles. BTW, I had my Timing belt changed a few years ago at 30K miles. My mechanic told me it looked like it did not need to be changed but I figured that after 10 years it was time to change it. Charlie _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
