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Hi

Please ignore spelling mistake in title...stupid phone wont let me change it

I just wanted to know what engines vw made around the 2005-2008 era (mk5 era), that were cambelt driven. I want to avoid costly camchain issues related with engines such as the 1.4tsi. Happy to go diesel but like the,sound of turbo petrol aswell
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Mitchell

Hi there,
It looks like out of the 14 models of Mk 5 golf, half are belt driven, and some are both belt and chain.
1.4 16v is belt, 1.6 and 1.6 Flex fuel is belt.
The basic models and diesels are belt driven, 2.0ltr FSi, GTi 30 are belt with the cams being chain driven. All the GTi 2.0 FSi engines are chain, except the CAWB engine with is chain driven.