Hi all,
My series 1 ve wagon is experiencing stretched timing chain issues after my old mechanic supposedly replaced the chains only 15,000km ago.
I do drive with a heavy foot, but I by no means put my engine through the ringer, never sit at redline, and never push it at all before the oil heats up.
I had some overheating issues a couple of months back, and the engine was reaching ~105ºC at times, but this has since been fixed, I figured after this it would be a good idea to get the car serviced and the oil changed before it caused any damage, but it turns out it's too late.
Car has always been serviced regularly, and after receiving it at 214,000km I have serviced it at 220,000km and again at 229,000km.
Does anyone know of chains going this quickly? Or is this original mechanic dodgy?
I'm going to drop into his shop and ask him how he thinks this could happen, and would like to hear some of your guys' opinions first.
Thanks.