GaryM Posted September 25, 2004 Report Posted September 25, 2004 According the service records the car missed its 60K service (when the belt is changed I think). We have only had this car for a few months and was planning to get it changed at the 80K service just to be sure. Decided to change the brake fluid today so took a quick look at the cam belt and took a photo of what I found... Red dust, mainly at the top. Guess a bearing is on the way out. Is this common / easy to fix? Also you can see the crank case vent (CCV) in the backgound weaping gunge and seeing the same around the intercooler so that is due for a clean. Just wondering, anyone fitted a CCV filter of any kind? It has been mention a bit over at www.tdiclub.com. Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted September 25, 2004 Report Posted September 25, 2004 We've had the "red dust" pictures before; IIRC something to do with the damper in the camshaft pulley? Does not necessarily mean impending doom. Quote
GaryM Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Posted September 26, 2004 Thanks Ivor, took a trawl through the sight and found the exact same picture in this post; "Red Dust Around Cam Pully, cam belt change" In this it looks a though the consensus is just ignore it? Quote
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