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2013 Audi A3 1.2TFSI, does it have a cam belt or timing belt?


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2013 Audi A3 1.2TFSI, does it have a cam belt or timing belt?  Cam belt is very 5 years or loads of miles and timing belt is loads of miles.

Car has done 30000 miles and never had a belt change.

Audi want 820 inc VAT. But I have also had Audi garage say its a timing belt, which is it?

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2 hours ago, AdrianP said:

2013 Audi A3 1.2TFSI, does it have a cam belt or timing belt?  Cam belt is very 5 years or loads of miles and timing belt is loads of miles.

Car has done 30000 miles and never had a belt change.

Audi want 820 inc VAT. But I have also had Audi garage say its a timing belt, which is it?

Thanks

 

 

 

Hi living on the edge with that one its a belt which is long overdue for a change.

Steve.

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Pending someone coming up with an answer to this Adrian - it is well worth considering having the auxiliary belt renewed at the same time. There have been reported incidences of these belts parting company, getting tangled up in crankshaft pulley, and putting sufficient rotational strain on it to cause the cambelt to jump teeth. 
On-cost should only be around the cost of the belt. 
Appreciating you have enough expense ahead of you, but if you think the cambelt should have been changed in 2018 (and again now in 2023) then one expense has been ‘saved’. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

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Ive had my A3 2013 since new Audi project an approved Audi garage say I need to take it for them to look at as it may not have a timing belt ? 
 

are timing belt, cam belt different ? 

 

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Hello Julie,

Welcome and thanks for joining. 
What is the capacity (cc) of your engine, and what has been the service history of the car during your ownership - from new? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

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On 2/3/2024 at 12:17 PM, Magnet said:

Hello Julie,

Welcome and thanks for joining. 
What is the capacity (cc) of your engine, and what has been the service history of the car during your ownership - from new? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hi,

1600, had an interim service last year I’ll need to check tomorrow previous ones. 

Julie 

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