Timing belt in Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDI?

Tell me about the timing belt in the Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDI Elegance...

Stephen Clarke (Gillingham)

Aug 2017 Filed under: servicing

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Expert answer

Hi Stephen,

You've not told us a lot about the car so we've made some assumptions. The earlier versions had a change interval of 120,000 kilometres and the later models were 150,000 kilometres, with the belt tensioner changed every second time in both cases.

As ever, if a car is used in a lot of stop-start, heavy traffic situations, we'd advise drivers to change their belts more frequently than the car makers suggest.

Shane O' Donoghue - Complete Car Advisor
@Shane_O_D