MK4 GTI Timing Belt

[h100vw]

I only got it because it's blue.

[GeeMatt]

Happened to be talking timing belt on the MK4 GTi with mechanic this morning and he was talking about changing the tensioner at the same time. The oilway/galley to the tensioner and seal around it is a weakness often overlooked and the tensioner can be a bigger issue than the belt causing failure. Showed me a 1.8 block he keeps for demonstration and the oil galley is quite small.
Just sayin

[h100vw]

There's no engine oil to feed the tensioner for the belt. He is possibly taking about the cam chain tensioner in the head?

Gavin

[GeeMatt]

There's no engine oil to feed the tensioner for the belt. He is possibly taking about the cam chain tensioner in the head? Gavin

Yep. Whoops !

[The One]

You can get aftermarket kits that get away with the hydraulic tensioner and instead replace it with a 'allen key tensioner' like mk5
gtis. Hydraulic tensioner nowadays is too much hit and miss..

[bullsta]

Anyone on here ever used that app.
Curious as to what settings to apply
I believe pitch may be 8%
width 23mm
free span length not so sure?

[gldgti]

Longest distance between pulley tangents