[Chickensoup]

HOw much is that? I have a TDI with 35K on it

[Tijeras_Slim]

Haven’t had the car since 2000, so I don’t remember.

[mcshot]

Ours cost $900. to replace and they never showed us the belt. Thing is we scheduled the timing belt replacement per manual when we were having the oil changed. Two weeks later they changed(?) belt and charged us for another oil change ($64.) Never once did they tell us that we would need another oil change. That dealership milked us at every opportunity. For example, the ERG(?) valve plugged up often and they just told us to have it towed to them. In reality they is a switch that will allow you start and drive the car. They never told us about that and smilingly bilked us for multiple cleanings. If we still had that car I would changed the ERG pipe for after market unit that is maintenance free. Good forum on TDIs with plenty of anal yet nice folk.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Did some googling, and apparently they’ve made the belts better over the years. The distances I’ve seen for the TDI is 100,000K+. The manual should say.

[Clay Moore]

Check the owners manual. For my wife’s ‘03 TDI, the belt is on a 100K service interval. Parts were about $350, special tools $250 and I did the work myself.