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Should I change my Golf's timing belt?
I have have a 2002 volkswagen golf. There is 118000 miles on the clock. There timing belt has been changed before but I'm not sure at what time. I was wondering often should the timing belt be changed.
Our answer:
Hi Peter,
You've not told us anything about the engine, which would help us narrow things down. For your information, Volkswagen recommends the following:
1.4-litre and 1.6-litre petrol: every 90,000km (56,000 miles)
1.9 diesels: same, though later models had 120,000km intervals (about 75,000 miles)
In all cases we would recommend drivers change the belt earlier than the manufacturer recommends.
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