1.9 tdi 110 Cam Belt

[wiliferus]

Looking to buy my winter snotter over the next week or so. I've spotted a likely contender, a Passat with the 1.9tdi 110 (AFN?) lump.

Two quick questions -

First what is the belt interval? On line I've found both 60k and 80k mentioned.

Secondly, from a decent Indy, what should I expect to pay for a belt change and water pump? I remember reading it's a big job where a lot of the front end has to come off. Is this true or an internet myth?

Cheers

[Dr G]

4 years or 60,000 miles, whichever is the sooner.

The older longitudinal engined cars need the front end put into the service position which involves tilting the slam, rads, lights etc a little way forward for access rather than removing them completely.



VW will do the job for £350 which is very hard to beat.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/cambe...

[wiliferus]

Thanks for the link Dr G, that's pretty competitive and I suspect hard to beat. Interesting stuff, although the car itself is £750. So, more worthwhile driving it till it breaks?

Food for thought for me. Ta.

[Dr G]

Any idea if/when it was last done?

Bangernomics says sell it when it goes bang.

Frugal mindedness says get the belt done and a service, start changing the oil yourself on an annual basis and have an indy do anything the MOT man asks for. No reason it can't last you years with a bit of mechanical sympathy.

A car's monetary resale value is often outweighed by its usefulness

[wiliferus]

Indeed, I'm minded to agree. I think I need to own and drive it first to figure out if it's a keeper or a scrapper. For what it worth it's got 235k on it....

[Dr G]

A grand on preventative maintenance could give you another 100k out of that.

Another £1000 car could be shagged and ready for the bin.

I'd say driving it for a bit to figure out if it's fundamentally decent makes sense.

[yellowbentines]

Dr G said:

4 years or 60,000 miles, whichever is the sooner.

The older longitudinal engined cars need the front end put into the service position which involves tilting the slam, rads, lights etc a little way forward for access rather than removing them completely.



VW will do the job for £350 which is very hard to beat.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/cambe...

I assume it's the same interval and procedure for a mk.1 Skoda Superb with the same engine, albeit the 115bhp BPZ variant?

Interesting link to the VW cambelt promotion, wonder if they'd do a Skoda as it's essentially the same job I'd imagine - Skoda fixed price servicing quotes £459 for the same job. I inherited the car and it's just ticked past 61k and 6yrs old and I can't see any record of it being done, £349 sounds a lot nicer than £459.