Cabrio need for Timing Belt Change?
Have a friend with a 2002 VW Cabrio with 70,000 miles. Is it a "Contact Engine" that a belt break, could mess up the engine? When should the timing belt be changed, mileage? Thanks
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Apparently there is little or no chance of getting an answer to a question on this site. Sorry to say.
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Hi - new member
Hey. I just joined this site as my daughter recently bought a 2002 Cabrio and I have some maintenance questions as well. Hope I came to the right place!
At any rate, her car has 102K miles, and the first thing I thought of was the timing belt. We had it changed this weekend, including the water pump and new coolant, for $380. This is a non interference engine, I believe, so a failure of the belt is not a complete catastrophe. Not sure what the official recommendation is, but I would say that a well maintained car should be good for 100K miles. DRW |
$380 for a new belt etc. Did you buy a kit? Was the job done in a Dealership? Hope you are right about "non interference engine". Thanks for a response.
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Well you don't say which engine it has but at appears that all engines fitted to a 2002 Cabrio
Timing belt - Renew Every 48 months regardless of miles/km. CAUTION: This engine has been identified as an INTERFERENCE engine in which the possibility of valve-to-piston damage in the event of a timing belt failure is MOST LIKELY to occur. A compression check of all cylinders should be performed before removing the cylinder head. |
Timing belt
The engine is the 2L. We had the work done at the local Goodyear; they provided the parts and labor.
DRW |
Originally Posted by Keithuk
(Post 55953)
Well you don't say which engine it has but at appears that all engines fitted to a 2002 Cabrio
Timing belt - Renew Every 48 months regardless of miles/km. CAUTION: This engine has been identified as an INTERFERENCE engine in which the possibility of valve-to-piston damage in the event of a timing belt failure is MOST LIKELY to occur. A compression check of all cylinders should be performed before removing the cylinder head. |
That caution was taken from Autodata and Autodata don't list an AL engine code for the Cabrio.
ETKA says AL - 1.6 - 48hp - 03\73-12\78 - MOD.181 |
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