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b0g
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 anyone do a 1.8t timing belt change? |
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I'm running at 53k miles and plan on doing my timing belt around 65-70..... any of you guys done it yet? I'm looking for some help with it. I really don't wanna mess things up. Wife thinks I should bring it to the dealer.. but.... I don't want to 
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E30M3
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| Re: anyone do a 1.8t timing belt change? |
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| b0g wrote: | | I'm running at 53k miles and plan on doing my timing belt around 65-70..... any of you guys done it yet? I'm looking for some help with it. I really don't wanna mess things up. Wife thinks I should bring it to the dealer.. but.... I don't want to |
I want to learn to do it for my gf's TDI. She is at 72k right now. Probably try to do it in the next few months. You have almost a year (depending on driving habits) to worry about this.
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i have done a couple....but i'm not local to you.... 
It's really not that hard.
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b0g
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| E30M3 wrote: | | b0g wrote: | | I'm running at 53k miles and plan on doing my timing belt around 65-70..... any of you guys done it yet? I'm looking for some help with it. I really don't wanna mess things up. Wife thinks I should bring it to the dealer.. but.... I don't want to |
I want to learn to do it for my gf's TDI. She is at 72k right now. Probably try to do it in the next few months. You have almost a year (depending on driving habits) to worry about this. |
I think we need to make a meet at someoens place and do all the timing belts!!
p.s. my wife will bring beer.
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Getta Life
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| $HITTALKER wrote: | i have done a couple....but i'm not local to you....
It's really not that hard. |
easy to say that once you've gotten yours done...  personally... I caught HELL, but then again, I swapped tensioners, the water pump, both belts, etc all at once.
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$HITTALKER
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| Getta Life wrote: | | $HITTALKER wrote: | i have done a couple....but i'm not local to you....
It's really not that hard. |
easy to say that once you've gotten yours done... personally... I caught HELL, but then again, I swapped tensioners, the water pump, both belts, etc all at once. |
I swapped to a manual tensioner, both belts, water pump, and thermostat. It's also worse to do it on a APR sgt3 as the turbo/wastegate is right there, and makes it impossible to pull the mount out. But, I did it in a parking lot, took the whole day by myself. Then 3 days later, i was on a track giving it hell!
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You really should take care of that haze on your headlight covers. You know something bad has gotten in when the moldy-residue starts growing BLUE.
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$HITTALKER
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LOL i like a little danger
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