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that the belt has lasted that long.

poloag wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:59 am that the belt has lasted that long.

It's in km, not in miles

yes I meant 9yrs

poloag wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:22 pm yes I meant 9yrs

Ah yes^^

That's why, for the next year I will ask for a replacement.
Water pump still runing fine: no leaks, no noise

These "remote" water pumps with their own small drive belt should or could last a lot longer than the older type which ended up bearing the load of the other components in the cambelt drive train, which typically killed them quite early in life, or at least when compared with any situation where they had there own dedicated light weight drive system.

I called another VW dealer yesterday, he said VW had changed the directive on the Cambelt change, it is no longer 5yrs, but 140k miles. I asked why, he said when the belts have been inspected in cars, they always look like new at 5yrs!

Thanks

Not before time.

A member on the AudiSport forum posted a very similar message this week, so it does look as though VAG UK has finally fallen in line with VAG AG (the manufacturer) and all other VAG distributors world-wide. The 5 year change interval was unique to the UK, and had no justification.

Mikeso51 wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:57 am Not before time.

A member on the AudiSport forum posted a very similar message this week, so it does look as though VAG UK has finally fallen in line with VAG AG (the manufacturer) and all other VAG distributors world-wide. The 5 year change interval was unique to the UK, and had no justification.

And you know why only VAG UK interval was 5 years ?

make money?

Looks like the 2011 Polo listed 140k miles in the book:

viewtopic.php?t=77524

Perhaps VW have gone full circle