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VW Polo with 84k miles - change timing belt?

  • 20-04-2010 8:30pm
    #1
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello all

    I hope I can get some advice on this.

    So I bought my first car this weekend - a 1999 VW Polo.

    It has 84k miles on the clock.

    The previous owner got it regularly serviced (by a family friend) and he reckons the timing belt has not been changed.

    Should I drop the car in for a service and get the belt changed? Or do you reckon I am good for a while yet?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    have to look at the value of the car vs cost of belt vs how likely it is to snap!


  • #3
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Neilw


    Get it done if it's not been done yet. They are supposed to be done at 60k miles or 4 years old.


  • #4
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Thanks for the replies.

    Is there any way I can check myself to see if it looks new or looks like it needs to be changed?


  • #5
    Fiskar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭Fiskar


    Get it done toute suite :eek:

    60K AFAIK from the memory I have of our polo. Not wise at all to trust an 11 year old belt let alone the miles.


  • #6
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    OK, I will take the car to a mechanic and get it checked.

    Can anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin where I should take it?


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