timing belt

[deemoE36]

hi fellas,

Its time to change it, I don’t want it to snap on me somewhere half way to the mechanical shop, so i was wondering what should i expect to spend on this, and also where abouts in Sydney is good place to take it to

cheer,

[Golf Loon]

The belt is $60 or so. It could take a couple of hours to change.

Whereabouts in Sydney are you?

[deemoE36]

Hurstville area...

[aprr32]

Plus you should change the water pump on 20v's(trust me) and the belt tensioner(trust me) and then you have another 4 years and 90,000KM of trouble free driving.

[deemoE36]

Plus you should change the water pump on 20v's(trust me) and the belt tensioner(trust me) and then you have another 4 years and 90,000KM of trouble free driving.

thats exactly what the boys from Five Dock VW service and parts told me, also they quoted the job for around $500
does that sound all right?
my first time im actually payin to fix something on the car, so dont have much experience with the prices

[vee_dub]

Yep that's about right!

But it's pricey hehe just do it yourself??

Fred.

[deemoE36]

dont know bout that man, sounds like a big one...
i dont mind gettin my hands dirty by fixin some little thing, but dont know bout this one, i want it done properly
ill talk to my mate at the VW Mascot, maybee he can do something for me...well see

[Bug_racer]

On a mk3 the water pump runs of a normal drive belt the mk4 engines (except v5, vr6 ) ran off timing belt , few fail as bad as mk4's , they usually get noisy .

Timing belt on a mk3 isnt too bad to do , but there is 3 things that must be lined up instead of 2 .

As for workshops , Im down at Girraween , Im open virtually all the time

There is also Derek at Mona Vale
Mullers at Lakemba
and umm
NV auto torque at Rushcutters bay

well there are others in the inner city area but cant remember everyone

I have to get around to writing up all my business details up when I get a chance