Hi all,

In the process of an engine rebuild and looking for some advice on timing belt kits for my 2004 1.9 TDi 110 ASV. I've used a Gates kit before which seemed fine but wondered if anyone has used Febi or Continental?

Also read a bit about plastic v metal impellors, people saying the plastic ones can come loose on the shaft. The kits I've mentioned all come with a plastic impellor, replicating OEM. The Gates one I removed was fine after 5+ years.

Cheers for any advice.

Vijay

Have used Gates belts and kits for 40 years plus on loads of different cars etc and never had a problem.

Alasdair

Hey Alasdair,

How you doing?

I asked on FB too and read that Gates are good on the belts but outsourced the other parts in recent years and gone downhill. I threw it in Google AI and said the same.

INA has been recommended as the top kit you can get

I have read that as well. I always use their belts though. I tend to change mine every 5 years or 50-60k whichever comes sooner and so far havent had any problems with their pumps and tensioners. Last one I did was on my old 1.9tdi bxe and the belt,pump and tensioner after 60k were as good as the new ones I fitted.

Not sure what water pumps have metal impellers According to google Hepu and Graf have metal impellers but most others are plastic

Hepu cat https://www.hepu.de/en/parts-catalogue/

Alasdair