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Hey guys, anyone know how much it would cost for a new timing chain?  And
also how much to have it installed?  Also how hard it is to do?  

Thanx guys!

--Dave

I believe Nate will chime in on this as well, but it cost my factory
warranty about $909 for parts($364) and labor ($545) to have mine replaced.
If I'm reading the invoice right, it was 9 hours of labor (which equates to
~$60/hour!?!?!?).  There are people here that have done it on their own, I
believe, but it's not for me.

Later,

Luke
'97 GTI VR6

Luke's right.
Cost is high.
Wow, I'm surprised at the cost for parts.
Anyway, the upper chain is relatively easy but the lower chain requires removal of the
transmission from the motor.
So, if you plan on pulling out the tranny yourself then do it yourself.
I have a feeling you could pay your local mechanic less to do this job but while your in there you

may want to think about clutch (or if lightened flywheel was ever something you wanted to do this
may be the time).
So it will end up costing you more just b/c it's so easy to say, "while my tranny is out I might
as well do -FILL IN THE BLANK".
Anyway, 
Bottom line:  it's expensive but worth it if you replace the guides too.  No more chain chatter
(well, a little bit but much more quiet).
Let us know what you end up doing.
Later,
Nater

It's about 8 hours of labor, the transmission has to come out. Here's a
rundown of the parts:

021-109-513 Upper chain guide 			$17.95
021-109-469 VR6 Lower Chain Guide		$10.00
021-109-467 VR6 Lower Chain Tensioner		$65.00
021-109-465-B Lower Timing Chain		$48.95
021-109-507-B Upper Hydraulic Tensioner	$50.26
021-109-509-E Single Upper Tensioner Guide	$10.58
021-109-503-D Single Upper Chain For VR6	$87.50


Best regards,

Joshua Murray
Matrix Engineering
4060 SW Macadam Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
503.443.1141 Tech
503.443.1142 Fax
888.249.0013 Orders
joshua@matrixengineering.cc
www.matrixengineering.cc

My 95 GTI has 111k on it, and it is time to think about having my
upper/lower chain redone (along w/ a clutch, cams, and flywheel).
Can someone provide me w/ a list of parts needed to redo all of this,
if you had part numbers that would be reeallly be cool.


for those of you in minneapolis, who should look into doing the work for me?
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Hi Aaron -

Here's a spreadsheet with the parts from when did the chains, clutch (and
also had the head rebuilt, and replaced some of the cooling system
components).
http://www.p-vector.com/bob/garage/vw/fix/fix.htm


Mine's a '96, but your '95 should be the same in this area.

Cheers,
- Bob T.

Here is my list from my 93 Corrado. Should more or less be the same.
www.bethandjames.com/headgasket.htm


James
93 SLC