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Passed Driver's Ed
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Hi I have googled but cannot find a definitive answer. My car is currently just over 3 years old and has 37,000 miles on the clock. It's the 122bhp version - Thank you
Hi I have googled but cannot find a definitive answer. My car is currently just over 3 years old and has 37,000 miles on the clock. It's the 122bhp version - Thank you
There is no limit in years. It says "lifetime"
"VW says the EA211’s belts are good for the lifetime of the engine. No mileage was quoted, but we expect “lifetime” to mean at least 100,000 miles"
http://blog.caranddriver.com/we-sam...en’s-next-global-four-cylinder-engine-series/
/Peter
The June 2015 VW issued Maintenance schedule for the 1.4 TSI (EA211) for the UK and Swedish Markets shows inspection of the belt due at 150K miles and then at every 18,750 miles thereon.
Hi thank you for your reply. When I had my car in for its 4th yearly service in November they quoted the same interval. If it goes before then it could get interesting because they've quoted me the interval so I'm going to hold them to it.
No doubt they would then change their tack and say - well we only advised you to change it every 5 years - we'd have been happy to have changed it before.
It's still a bit of a vague area in my mind. Honest John recommends 4 years. I love the car though - great engine - and so economical.
Yes it is a lot - so I'm putting £10 a week away for the next year. My change is actually due in February 2018 (my yearly servicing is slightly out of synch because of some higher than expected milage one year.
I'm hoping I get another 5 - 6 years out of the car - I'm not sure what the ultimate survival age of this engine is at 10 - 12k mileage a year.