On 26/02/2020 19:33, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 26/02/2020 18:26, Andrew wrote:
On 26/02/2020 07:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/02/2020 19:30, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated on Tuesday :
Just realised the serpentine belt on one of my cars has covered
110.000 miles... is this normal?...it looks OK....think the reason
I never changed it was that the engine mount would have to be
removed...stupid design ....

If its a cam belt, change it to avoid the expensive noises.
nah it is chain cam ....

If it's a VW they break too :-(
wouldn't touch a vw.....never had a cam chain break.....

The chain cam on the VW 1.2 TSI petrol engine does break.
Apparently all down to VW cost cutting and making the
supplier run their stamping machine longer between die
changes which resulted in stress fractures occuring in the
not-perfectly formed chain links.