Hey folks... Looking at a VW Polo with 50,000km. Wondering what mileage for a new cam belt and if anyone has any idea of price...
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lxsw20: VW recommend every 4 years or 100k by the looks. Personally I'd ignore the 4 years bit as it seems overkill to me. It's depends if you're willing to take that risk all the same.the amount of risk varies by engine. Some have room for valves to be open if when the piston is top dead centre, some don't. No room means the piston/s hit valves and it can get very expensive very fast when a cambelt snaps.
andrewNZ:lxsw20: VW recommend every 4 years or 100k by the looks. Personally I'd ignore the 4 years bit as it seems overkill to me. It's depends if you're willing to take that risk all the same.the amount of risk varies by engine. Some have room for valves to be open if when the piston is top dead centre, some don't. No room means the piston/s hit valves and it can get very expensive very fast when a cambelt snaps.
Jase2985: ive always treated cambelts as 100,000km items. Gates a large manufacture of timing/cam belts recommends following the manufacturers spec or 60,000miles which is 100,000km
ive had 2 cars still have their original belts at 130 and 165km and they were not far from the point of snapping.
lxsw20:andrewNZ:lxsw20: VW recommend every 4 years or 100k by the looks. Personally I'd ignore the 4 years bit as it seems overkill to me. It's depends if you're willing to take that risk all the same.the amount of risk varies by engine. Some have room for valves to be open if when the piston is top dead centre, some don't. No room means the piston/s hit valves and it can get very expensive very fast when a cambelt snaps.
Yes known as interference and non interference. I still think 4 years sounds too short personally. More like 6-8.
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