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Timing belt Q


MackDaddy43

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Ok so,

 

I was swapping out the old turbo to put a new one in, when I figured hell I'll just do the timing while I'm at it. The previous owner said it was done around 120k, but I don't trust him at ALL.

 

So I planned to pull the front end apart tonight, and order the kit tomorrow so I could just slap it all in when I got it.

Then I noticed that everything in there was clean, and looked pretty new. I don't know if there is any way of telling how fresh a belt is, but it looked pretty good, minus some rust dust.

 

As you'll see, the tensioners and everything all seem to be new. The main concern I had was that the walkthrough I was reading said that there should be NO slack on the long side of the belt, I added pic's of that too.

 

Opinions? Should it be ok, or should I spend the $300 + my time to do it to be safe.

 

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Once I get the jetta all fixed it's not going to be my daily. I plan on doing a build over the next year or 2, but I was just going to buy another aeb, do the build and swap them out.

 

Do you think the belt would hold up until then? If it snaps what am I out? a head?

 

So $300 for the kit now, or another $400 when/if it snaps?

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+1 to no belt conditioner. Those things run 10+ years without any "conditioner". I would not bother to change it. Although if you do break the belt, you need a head and possibly some pistons. You will still have to spend the $300 for a new belt, so $700 total then.
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where are you shopping for a timing belt and waterpump and it costs 300 bones....

 

you wouldn't have but 40-50 bucks in a good gates belt and a brand new waterpump

 

Note, I said the timing "kit". Which comes with all of that. It seems like it'd be hard to do JUST the belt seeing as how the tensioner damper has a grenade pin in it that you pull when it's done. So I think it'd be wayy easier to get a kit. The "complete" kit comes with timing belt, serp belts, water pump, coolant, and the rollers / tension / dampers.

 

I think I'm just gonna roll with it though. I ordered some g12++ today and a new apr snub to put in.

I guess this "new and improved" g12++ is supposed to be the real deal. We'll see haha.

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I wouldnt put any of that on there, I dont trust that shit.

 

Cody, what he said. That shit is some snake oil. I have never seen it work, I have actually seen the opposite.

 

If you are building another motor, just apply the $300 towards it. I would suspect that if the tensioner was done that the belt would be too. It would be an extremely rare case that someone would do that and not the belt.

 

If you are indeed going to trade it off, you have pictures... just show it to them and let them decide what they want to do. If you're not DD'ing it, it seems like money you can put towards something else.

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