Cambelt Schedule - CONFUSED!

[cupra_tdi]

The cambelt doesn't need doing until Sept 09, so I may just negotiate the price instead. Thats IF we sell. In two minds....

Nice car, but its boring. But its cheap to own, but its boring.... sort of goes like that. LOL

 

[rocky2008]

cheap put down?



this is from someone who knows about engines?

bye bye

if hes selling it ... and there is no damage to the belt .. then as robriedmotors said ... leave it and tell the buyer itis a good idea to get it done.

 

[rocky2008]

Not difficult to understand what i wrote.

The point is he made a mistake, so just tell him, without the nonsense of 'youve got a lot to learn' there is simply no need for it.

quite right mate.... alot to learn... itis impossible to learn everythin about engines.

 

[kriso]

The cambelt doesn't need doing until Sept 09, so I may just negotiate the price instead. Thats IF we sell. In two minds....

Nice car, but its boring. But its cheap to own, but its boring.... sort of goes like that. LOL

If it's got 9 months left then I wouldn't bother getting it done, as others have said. That's if you can shift it before September of course

 

[Torquemonster]

Re selling car

If youre selling I wouldnt bother with the cambelt if its going to cost a few hundred. Just be honest with the buyer and say its a good idea to get that done.

Yup i agree.However,if i was trading it in,rather than a private sale my morals would fly out the window.Buyer beware!.
I knew a guy once,sold his Micra(with no MOT) to a guy who thought he knew about motors.Turned out it needed some serious work done on it.Him and his misses were accosted by this guy and his mates out on a Saturday night demanding his money back.Then he showed up at his door.Gave him his money back.Better that than getting your windows put in(at least).

 

[robreidmotors]

Id never buy without an MOT, unless stupidly cheap, and coming with a free naked massage from Drew Barrymore. Hasnt happened yet :-(

I love it when people state 'easy jobs to get through MOT', if its so easy then get it done.

 

[Torquemonster]

Id never buy without an MOT, unless stupidly cheap, and coming with a free naked massage from Drew Barrymore. Hasnt happened yet :-(

I love it when people state 'easy jobs to get through MOT', if its so easy then get it done.

Yeah.No such thing as a free lunch!.

 

[rocky2008]

Yeah.No such thing as a free lunch!.

ha ha .. quite right there...what sort of top speed do u think i will get out of my 1.2 3cylinder 12v ibiza? its my first car by the way.

 

[robreidmotors]

should be on parkers.

I reckon about 90 ish?

Im just waiting for the shameful insults about my lack of mechanical knowledge lol

 

[robreidmotors]

103mph according to parkers.

 

[rocky2008]

lmao i kno what u were on about then with the insults there yeah fast enough for a first car like

 

[Aimez]

his thread is good, got to book mine in this afternoon I thought it was 5 years or 60k thou, oops mine is a 54 plate at 38k! Gotta get mine serviced too gonna cost a fortune by the sounds of it!

 

[robreidmotors]

I understand with newish cars that a good stamp is necessary, particularly with items like a cambelt.

Might however be worth finding a non-dealer garage with a good name and getting a quote? ie is it national or nationwide autocentres?

Plus its annoying that cambelt intervals seem a lot lower now than they used to be, another way of making money out of people needlessly!

 

[techie]

I always change the belts at four years (if mileage not reached first). Why? Experiance, this was a bet I removed a few months back, 25k on the clock, 4 years old.

And personally I would think spending a few hundred quid on a cambelt prior to selling the car would make it sell alot easier.

 

[immersion]

ha ha .. quite right there...what sort of top speed do u think i will get out of my 1.2 3cylinder 12v ibiza? its my first car by the way.

should be on parkers.

I reckon about 90 ish?

Im just waiting for the shameful insults about my lack of mechanical knowledge lol

103mph according to parkers.

Ive got mine to 105mph and it was screaming not bad for a 3pot

 

[Aimez]

Not sure if mine is due yet the garage will tell me on Monday when it goes in, they seemed to think it was 5 year or 60k god damn everyone has their own opinion! I kinda hope it is due wanna get it over with!

 

[Tricky Red]

Seat interval used to be 6 years or 60,000 miles according to JBS but they shortened the period to 4 years or 60,000.

Just had mine done at 5.5 years and 60,000 and feel much better for having it done.

I know what it feels like when cambelt jumped on my 106GTi. 16 bent valves Kept a couple for posterity!

Well worth getting done. If you're thinking about getting it done, then you probably should.

 

[rocky2008]

Ive got mine to 105mph and it was screaming not bad for a 3pot

hahahaha nice 1

 

[bukem]

I always change the belts at four years (if mileage not reached first). Why? Experiance, this was a bet I removed a few months back, 25k on the clock, 4 years old.

And personally I would think spending a few hundred quid on a cambelt prior to selling the car would make it sell alot easier.

Techie, are you Lummox on the Briskoda forum?

If so, I just had my Cambelt changed the other week on my Cupra TDI by a dealer. They did not replace the waterpump.

I remembered you mentioned on Briskoda that there is no need to replace the waterpump on TDIs because their failure rate isn't as bad as 1.8T Petrol.

Yet some people on here are getting them changed. Why is this?

 

[Aimez]

Ohh good point if this is true awaiting what the garage say needs to be done on my service Monday.