Timing belt kit price/spec difference

wotswattage · 31-12-2013 5:45pm #1

Hi Lads

Looking to replace the timing belt on my car. From looking online it seems to be a bit of a minefield trying to find out whats what from the various vendors...

I've found two kits for my car a mk3 Golf GTI 16v but one is almost 3 times as expensive as the other on the same site (and around double the price on other sites..)

CONTITECH TIMING BELT KITS CT872K1
This one for €43

CONTITECH TIMING BELT KITS CT872K2
And this one for €120

The spec and contents seems to be the same, and both are up on several other sites with similar price differences. The only thing I can think of is the more expensive one might have a water pump included - though there isn't any evidence either way.. Also the water pump is not run by the timing belt on this engine.

Can anyone of you guys more used to this sort of thing point me in the right direction??

George Dalton · 31-12-2013 5:49pm

There are two different types of timing belt tensioner on the ABF engine. Manual and automatic. So you need to know which type is on your engine before ordering.

wotswattage · 31-12-2013 6:08pm

Well there's a fairly definitive answer straight away!
Thanks for that I'll go check it out see which one I need. I had water pump on the brain thought that was the difference! Let's hope its the cheap one

martinr5232 · 31-12-2013 7:15pm

wotswattage wrote: »

Well there's a fairly definitive answer straight away!
Thanks for that I'll go check it out see which one I need. I had water pump on the brain thought that was the difference! Let's hope its the cheap one

A water pump wont come with a timing belt kit you will have to buy that seperate.

Timing belt kit price/spec difference

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