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One of the questions I have been asking is if the timing belt has been replaced. All the ones I've looked at are just over 100K and no one seems to know if it's been done. At what point should I be worried? Some of these vehicles have 110K + miles on them. Thanks!

Hello- any opinion on the this situation? I recently purchased an 04 Toureg with a V-8 and 94K miles. Went into my mechanic to have the timing belt replaced but wanted him to check whether the previous owner had already done it. He immediately said it had because it had a Dayco belt on it with a...

Glad it's over with and it wasn't due to failure by any part. I just got tired of worrying about it because I bought the reg used with 68,000 miles on it and it's a 2006 V8. I've owned it for two years and it's almost hitting 10 years. The previous owner bought it at 39k miles and took really...

I bought a timing belt and water pump kit with tensioner and pulleys, gaskets, and all the fixings off of Rock Auto. It is the Gates kit and has the premium belt with it. I am just looking to get rid of it for what I had into it which is about $240 with shipping. This is a good solid kit, I just...

2005 V8 - 77K miles I had originally asked this question (along with some others) under the general repair section but thought it would be better placed here. Getting the timing belt replaced - I know, I know, running on borrowed time - but what else should I have done while the mechanic has...

2005 Touareg V8 (not air suspension) 77K Miles: Just got orders to Belgium and want to see if any of the experts here have any recommendations. Last time I was at the dealership they let me know the next sched maintenance was a biggie (80K miles) and that it called for the timing belt to be...

As I was going through the timing belt and set everything to what I believed to be TDC, I removed the camholder tool and proceeded to remove the timing belt. At that moment one of the cams moved quite a bit and that's when I realized I had made a mistake along the way. To sum it up, there's...

Does anyone have a feel for relative merits of the different kits currently available? Given that all seem to have common components, (inc waterpump), any comments as to quality, durability. I've seen Gates kits (NAPA) for as little as $300, Conti kits for about $600, VW oem at about $800. I'm...

My 2004 Touareg V8 Miles: 85K, replaced timing belt, water pump, Thermostat, Hydraulic tensioner, Tensioner pulleys. The belt was in excellent condition, some rounding of sharp toooth corners, thermostat looked new, all pulleys looked good, one of the larger ones had slight play, water pump...

Hello All; I'm the new owner of a used 05 V8 with 58K miles on the clock. Kind of funny because i first started looking at these about when this was built.So, a couple of questions since I did not receive an owners manual with this boy. The Teg seems to have been well cared for and has all...