The timing belt is a notched rubber belt, sometimes called a Gilmer belt. This belt allows the crankshaft to drive the camshaft, which in turn opens and closes the valves. Without this belt, the ...

My Volkswagen dealer told me I have to change the timing belt in my Golf at 100,000 kilometres. My car has 115,000 on the clock and I have religiously followed the maintenance schedule since I bought ...

The ContiTech Power Transmission Group has developed a timing belt for lifetime use on Volkswagen AG’s common-rail diesel engines, the supplier says. The belt, called the Diesel Runner, is standard in ...

There is a great deal of confusion about this matter largely due to the fact that Volkswagen Group changed the interval for timing belts from five years to 140,000/150,000 miles or ten years with ...