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How often to change a 151 Passat's belt?
How often do you need to change timing belt on 151 Passat?
Our answer:
Hi Katie,
Assuming it has either the 1.6 or 2.0 diesel engine, then it needs to be changed every 210,000km, regardless of time.
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