Hey guys, another timing belt question. I live in Toronto, who's good and cheap to fix the timing belt and tension whatever!!! How often should this be changes. My car is a 96 w/ 70 000km. I came to ask da pro's!!! Thanx a lot guys!

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Black 96 Talon TSI AWD
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Hey Franco

I also got a Black Talon 96 AWD.
I changed my timing belt a few months ago, I had 87000Km on it.
Hope that helps

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Black Beast
AWD Power

to answer your que..it should be done every 60k...i bought my car with 160k on it and i'm figuring that the person before never did it..if you're not sure..do it NOW!!! it costs a bit around 500.00$ but better safe than sorry..or you'll suffer a greater risk of f&%$*&g up your valves..trust me! good luck and god speed..
fabs

Actually, u can let it go till 90K.
When i got my 95 Talon, at 112K, I noticed that the timing belt WASNT changed!

Now i was freaking out every time i took it out. I had a thought "what if it snaps".

Ahh well, im at 123K now, and it was replaced a while ago
Its allllllll good!

check ya later
Torrey Cipriani

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'95 TSI AWD (auto)
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hey Franco, should change the water pump at the same time, my water pump went at 140k and i just had the timing belt replacd 3 months before that!

Yeah I'll probably be getting mine changed soon as well. Any DSM'ers out there that have done it successfully? I would be more than willing to have it done by a member...

to get the timing belt cover off you might have to tilt the engine with the car jack.

Out of curiosity, when it comes to timing belts, does it apply to all cars? I mean mileage wise, is 60k for all cars? Would it be necessary to change belts on a car that is say 10 years old but has not reached that mileage? I assume weather has an effect on it too.

If you're getting your EVO (bastard (: ) then I'd definitely follow the same rule since it'll be a similar (if not the same) belt on the same engine (almost).

Most hi-performance cars require this to be done fairly often, but 'normal' ones can be ignored for awhile. Your average Honda or Toyota usually gets a new timing belt every 150-200k kms, but most owners usually let it go much longer.

as with any maintenance, many factors come into play... driving style, age, mileage, environment etc.. the 60K is a general ball park number (and if that was related to 20K/yr that would be 3 years).

Most feel it's better to spend the $500-1000 (possibly prematurely) to avoid the possible risk of having it go and then costing you $$$$$ but if someone was into gambling, I would hope the odds would work in their favour

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The first time my timing belt was changed (on my '91 TSi AWD) was 154,000 K. It was not done by the dealer, as they are prone to mess things up. Then, I got it replaced again, at the dealer this time, at 182,000 K. (It was because of a recall). I'm now at 195,000 K on the orig. water pump.
M.

Troy, if you ever come down to Bolivia, I'll let you drive it. =) Estimated date of arrival to Chilean port is March 15th. Icelle Blue E6 with 26k miles on it. I need a car for now, so I'm getting a cheap one, hence the timing belt question. Thanks for the replies.

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Spyderless in Bolivia, soon to be EVOed.

Don't tempt me. I actually know some people in Bolivia. (:

You'll have to at least tease us about it when you get it. (: