Timing belt OEM Volkswagen or Contitech

On my daily R I just replaced the timing belt and water pump at 80,000 miles. It is my daily so I just did it to have piece of mind. The belt looked great as well as the water pump.

INA pulleys

Aisin water pump

Contitech belts.

I have personally been running this one for the past 3 years with no problems. As for the belt itself, I always run a conti tech (OES) belt and never have had a issue

I just had my 80K-mile service at Niello VW in Sacramento, where three Phaeton-certified techs are on staff. The timing belt is included in the 80K service, which was a little over $1,200.

Here in Australia the timing belt interval for the FSI engine in the Golf R is 105,000km (which is around 60,000 miles).

Hi Ed I just had my timing belt (tensioner, rollers, cam seals), water pump, thermostat, serpentine belt, tensioner, and rollers replaced by a very good independent for $2300 on my 04 with 78K miles. The belt that came off showed no degradation and looked fine but I feel a lot better having it done.

If so, I had the same issue with until I did my first belt change at 100k miles. I thought it was the tensioner, but turned out to be the writing on the back of the timing belt as it passed over the tensioner roller. After I did the belt and tensioner and rollers, etc., the swish, swish, swish sound never came back. FYI, went with a Conti-tech belt rather than VW.

You can actually buy the parts from the VW dealer for about $300; that's a kit with the belt, tensioner, and roller, plus a water pump and thermostat added separately. I've always had good luck with original parts, so that's what I've used.

I already flipped the belt around (now I have two fuzzy sides). I'll try de-tensioning it a little, and I guess if that doesn't work, a new belt and another new tensioner are in order. Might as well go with ContiTech this time around I spose.

I changed with new belt but it is also a half tooth. It always lines up with cam cover arrow just at the line at the end of the tooth rather than middle of it at tdc.