MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: t20lau on August 19, 2011, 10:15:15 am
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Hi Guys...
Basically I'm looking around for a GTi for a mate of mine! We've found the one he wants, but before we commit I'm looking for a couple of 2nd opinions, on when a CAM Belt Change should take place!
The car is a Aug 06 car, making it 5years old, its also done 57k! However, it looks like the CAM Belt hasnt been changed, which to me is strange as I'm pretty sure it would have been due 12months ago! Or am I reading the service manual incorrectly and the Belt doesnt need doing will 60k?! and not 4years or 60k depending on which is FIRST?...
Just wondering what everyone thinks, cause as the moment I'm not feeling too comfortable with paying £9k for a car which is going to have to go straight to the Garage for a CAM Belt!
Thanks,
Tom
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I wouldve thought whichever comes 1st and had it done at 4years. :confused:
Had mine done at 3.5yrs (6months of those not driven) and 55K
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It’s recommended you change at 4 years or 60k miles, which ever comes first. I did mine at 5 years and 60k. There is nothing too unusual with the car you’re looking at. I wouldn’t worry about it so long as the rest of the car is tidy and it has a good service history.
But as it is due on both mileage and age, get the seller to take the price of the belt off.
Do the water pump at the same time.
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Got mine booked in for a cambelt and waterpump change next week, its almost 4 years old and has done 48K, got to remember rubber deteriates over time, all those stops & starts, idleing, would not take the chance of it it snaping for a few hundred quid. :smiley:
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Couple of the guys here saved me a bit of cash here as my dealer wasnt part of fixed price servicing, so I made this point and got it at the price of £399....
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/fixed-price-servicing
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Where you based Tom?
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Where you based Tom?
Sheffield Matey!
My ED30 is in Hayseldens Barnsley the moment for a Cam Belt :)
It's not quite 60k, but deffo 4years old, hence why I took it in, I'm just suprised that this GTi my mate is looking at is on 57k, and 5years old without a change! I've called the dealer, apparently, in Jan 11, it was advised for a Change, but since then completed another 10k on the clock and still not bin done!
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I recently had my ca belt and water pump done dirt cheap in Doncaster by Si @ VagCo
He is a Haseldens Vw master technician.
If you give him a bell & say Mike passed you on :wink:
Vagco
Simon Whittaker
Unit 11b Roberts Road Business park
Balby
Doncaster
DN4 OJT
tel 07985 485458
Email simon@vagco.co.uk
Definatley worth a quote, think a few people on the forum can vouch for Si and his prices.
VrSerious, Keano, Gulfstream11 & myself
Hope that helps
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Just re read and seen it's already in :ashamed: Doh lol
Don't know why I thought I read your booking it in
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Just re read and seen it's already in :ashamed: Doh lol
Don't know why I thought I read your booking it in
haha...It's not a problem!
I'll probably need the details to see what he says about this Golf my mate is wanting...
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Just my 2p's worth here and please don't take offence!
If the car he is looking at hasn't had the belt changed then I'd walk away, if the owner has been advised it needs to be done but chosen not too then I'd be worried about what else the owner has cut costs on? It's mega important part!
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What does the water pump do. Sorry for being stupid. And what happens if it fails. As serious as a timing belt fail?
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What does the water pump do. Sorry for being stupid. And what happens if it fails. As serious as a timing belt fail?
It pressurises and pumps coolant round your engine.
Failure usually consists of worn/broke impellers.
It should be done at the same time as the cambelt as the cambelt needs to be removed to change it.
It is driven by the cambelt.
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Sorry to kinda hijack the thread but my Ed30 has done 60k so I'll be getting the cam belt done shortly, but the service guide states 100k?
Also, I have a Revo map - is it worth telling the dealer that in case they mess around with the ECU for any reason?
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Sorry to kinda hijack the thread but my Ed30 has done 60k so I'll be getting the cam belt done shortly, but the service guide states 100k?
Also, I have a Revo map - is it worth telling the dealer that in case they mess around with the ECU for any reason?
Just ask them not to flash / update your ECU :happy2:
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Just my 2p's worth here and please don't take offence!
If the car he is looking at hasn't had the belt changed then I'd walk away, if the owner has been advised it needs to be done but chosen not too then I'd be worried about what else the owner has cut costs on? It's mega important part!
I agree with this.
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Vw recommend that the timing belt is changed every 4 years or 40,000 miles
so this one is overdue, some ppl will say not untill 120,000 ( thats what a dealer had tryed to tell my wife) :scared: but because she had a golf b4, she checked and was told the above,
If u dont change the belt u run the risk of the belt snapping and basically f**king the whole engine
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the mileage bit seems to be debatable, certainly no more than 60k. However what isn't up for debate is 4 years. :happy2:
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Thanks @Tfsi_Mike
Noticed in log book that timing belt was changed by VW but no note on whether the water pump was.
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I know the stealers i bought mine from only changed the cambelt :stupid: When i found out about this i rang them to tell them that part of the condition of sale was cambelt AND water pump. They protested that there was nothing wrong with the water pump, i said that wasn't the point in 2 years time the water pump would be due for change but the belt wouldn't and then 2 years after that the belt would be due for a change and the pump wouldn't so just stick to what was agreed at sale and change the pump if you are an honorable VW Dealer - they relented and it's booked in for next Tuesday :smiley:
Simple answer: change the water pump when changing the cambelt regardless :happy2:
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Ta @Frenzy will double check by ringing dealer