Hi folks,

Thinking of getting my daughter a 1.4 tdi. can anyone tell me the service intervals for the cambelt, I am assuming it has one and not a chain. both my handbooks are too old to list the 1.4.

Many thanks.

Hi,

You are right the 1.4 tdi is a timing belt and not a chain.

Renewal is a very debatable subject, Skoda seem to recomend 60,000 miles or 4 years; but the official vw workshop manual states engines up to 06 120,000km (74,564 miles). 07 engines onwards 150,000km (93,000miles) with no mention of a time limit.

The 1.4 tdi is the easy engine to do the timing belt on owing to the amount of space available.Please see extract from service schedule below.

Inspection Service

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– Every 120 000 km– Toothed belt for camshaft: replace (3 cyl. Diesel engines) up to MY 2006

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Every 150 000 km– Toothed belt for camshaft: replace (3 cyl. Diesel engines) as of MY 2007

Regards

Tony

Edited 20 October, 201114 yr by freelanderman

Many thanks

There is a post in here from one of the techy mods on the subject .I also raised the Q at the time as mine is/was a low mileage car .Answer was at 60k or 5 years .The advice also given is to change both the waterpump and idler at same time .Possibly ( an this is only my my opinion ,it might also be a good time to think about replacing the coolant)

An if you're close to Northampton -try asking Lummox ( unit 18 in the sponsors list ) for a quote .

Whilst you're looking over the car -check the service book ,for both oil changes and the type of oil used .Personally I' also look at the front disks - IMHO the 1.4tdi could do with a bit of a meatier front brake system and though I got 55k ( actually 38k in my ownership) on the front pads , the metal disks are at the halfway stage .

There are volumes on what else to look for .But on the whole -IMHO -a nice little car ,equally at home on the motorway ( it's not ahot hatch by any means , but no slouch for atitchy 1.4) or in town .I spent a year where once a month I drove from the midlands to the north of Scotland (Old dad in specialised hospital) and it handled the M6/M74/A74 /A82 and a lot of other Highland roads with ease .