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What did you and your MK2 do today?

AndyG_TSi

Active Member
Nov 1, 2011
1,174
6
East Manchester
My 4th service is due next month

car's a 2010 car on a 59 plate, 33K on the clock so far

Major service due, so £249

car isn't 4 years old until January 2014

So cam belt change at 4 year service while it's in + waterpump change next month

or

delay the cam belt/water pump change until its 4th year anniversary in January 2014 when its in for MOT......
 

bigbadjay

Active Member
Jul 16, 2011
1,670
26
North Manchester
My 4th service is due next month

car's a 2010 car on a 59 plate, 33K on the clock so far

Major service due, so £249

car isn't 4 years old until January 2014

So cam belt change at 4 year service while it's in + waterpump change next month

or

delay the cam belt/water pump change until its 4th year anniversary in January 2014 when its in for MOT......

Chain driven so it would be a different type of service!

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J400uk

Active Member
Jan 7, 2010
1,978
3
London, UK
Guys the TSI chain does not need any kind of maintenance! Its there for life and you don't need to touch it or change anything unless there is a fault. If a dealer tries to advise cambelt change they are talking rubbish as the car doesn't have one!
 

AndyG_TSi

Active Member
Nov 1, 2011
1,174
6
East Manchester
cheers J400uk,

Funilly enough on the main dealer service sticker on the inside of my windscreen, where it states cam belt, they've put 60K/4years, as if it needs a belt.
Clearly not right then if it's chain driven

I shall check my manual anyhow just to be sure.

Are we definitely certian all 1.4 TSi's are chain driven, there wasn't a change at some point meaning some are chain & some are belt depending on engine code/year of manufacture.....
 
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J400uk

Active Member
Jan 7, 2010
1,978
3
London, UK
No worries, I've got the same service sticker on my windscreen :)

There was a change to cambelt for the latest EA211 1.4 TSI, but SEAT are currently only fitting that to the 2013 MK3 Leon. However they use a new type of longlife cambelt designed to not need changing.
 

cila555

CiLA
Apr 2, 2010
234
0
Kosice - Slovakia
www.cila.sk
Today I finished my tuning on Cupra R :)

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