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Timing belt problem

  • 27-07-2009 9:09am
    #1
    stevenmu
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    The timing belt went in my car over the weekend, no doubt causing a nice mess inside the engine that'll cost a fair bit to repair. The thing is it was replaced 30,000 miles ago (supposedly, I'd a little trouble with the garage at the time but assumed the work was actually done), and should last for 60,000 (it's a seat leon with the ubiquitous VAG 1.4 petrol). I'm planning on getting a mechanic to have a look and see how much damage was done and how much it'll cost to fix etc. Does anyone know if it's possible for the mechanic to examine the belt and determine if the belt has only done 30,000 miles, or if it has done 75,000 (the full mileage on the car) ?. Or if Seat would be able to determine it if I send it in to them?


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  • #2
    Anan1
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    I'd be surprised if that could be proved, TBH. I don't suppose you have an invoice from the garage in question stating that the TB was replaced?


  • #3
    stevenmu
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    I think I do, I'm trying to dig it out. I do have a stamp in the maintenance log book indicating it was done and at what mileage, but that probably wouldn't carry the same weight.


  • #4
    DublinDilbert
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    When the belt was changed was the water pump changed at that point? Were the tensioners changed?

    A mechanic will probably be able to determine the cause of the belt failure by examining the tensioners & water pump.

    The last belt failure i fixed the water pump bearing had gone, causing the water pump pully to sag... this meant the timing belt was being pushed up against the timing belt cover, it had worn a good 6mm off the belt before it actually broke.

    The thing is belts don't usually break at low mileage (eg 30K), there's usually a root cause, best to find that then decide what way to proceed.


  • #5
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Thanks. As far as I remember the pump and tensioners were changed.

    What I'm hoping is that it will be apparent one way or the other if the belt was ever changed, it may be that it was and something else failed, or it may be that the belt was never changed.

    Is it possible to tell the difference between a belt with 30k miles done versus a belt with 75k miles?


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