I wonder if anybody can please help me with sourcing a timing belt?
We've got two Polo 1.4 Tdi's in the family - my daughter's is a Feb 2005 (54 plate) Polo Twist fitted with 75 PD AMF engine while mine is a 2006 (56) Polo S fitted with a 69 PD BNM engine which I've had for 3 years.
Daughter's car has around 90,000 on the clock and is still on its first timing belt (I know this since she's owned the car since it was months old) so definitely overdue.
My car has 97,000 on the clock and only oil and filter changes appear in the service book, so mine needs a belt change fairly desperately too.
I've decided to do them myself (done diesel cambelts before but on normally aspirated Pug 205 and Renault Clio 1.9D) and am looking to order up the parts from Euro Car Parts. Seems fairly straightforward for mine - straight choice of Dayco or SKF - but my daughter's is turning into a can of worms. There appears to be a split for her year, with VIN No's up to and after a certain number, but the VIN No of the car doesn't match the numbers on the Euro Car Parts site. The car's VIN is 9NZ5Y***711 while Euro's site says up to 9N-2-060-000 and from 9N-2-060-001 . . . Or am I just being dim?
So I had a look at the VW site, and they list ONE kit to fit various engine codes (including AMF and BNM) from 2001 to the end. I'd buy it, but it's twice the price of the SKF one and of course I need two . . .
Any advice please??
PS I've just had a look under the timing belt cover so see if I could see a part number (cant' - it's worn off . . . ) and the belt and sprockets seem to have a rounded tooth profile. Does that help?
We've got two Polo 1.4 Tdi's in the family - my daughter's is a Feb 2005 (54 plate) Polo Twist fitted with 75 PD AMF engine while mine is a 2006 (56) Polo S fitted with a 69 PD BNM engine which I've had for 3 years.
Daughter's car has around 90,000 on the clock and is still on its first timing belt (I know this since she's owned the car since it was months old) so definitely overdue.
My car has 97,000 on the clock and only oil and filter changes appear in the service book, so mine needs a belt change fairly desperately too.
I've decided to do them myself (done diesel cambelts before but on normally aspirated Pug 205 and Renault Clio 1.9D) and am looking to order up the parts from Euro Car Parts. Seems fairly straightforward for mine - straight choice of Dayco or SKF - but my daughter's is turning into a can of worms. There appears to be a split for her year, with VIN No's up to and after a certain number, but the VIN No of the car doesn't match the numbers on the Euro Car Parts site. The car's VIN is 9NZ5Y***711 while Euro's site says up to 9N-2-060-000 and from 9N-2-060-001 . . . Or am I just being dim?
So I had a look at the VW site, and they list ONE kit to fit various engine codes (including AMF and BNM) from 2001 to the end. I'd buy it, but it's twice the price of the SKF one and of course I need two . . .
Any advice please??
PS I've just had a look under the timing belt cover so see if I could see a part number (cant' - it's worn off . . . ) and the belt and sprockets seem to have a rounded tooth profile. Does that help?
