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Originally Posted by fmars62
what do you mean by "finicky"? And why so much for a timing belt?
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Finicky as in quirky, sometimes they just don't run right, they have problematic EGR valves and injection issues, electrical irritations. You have to tinker with them sometimes. When they run right they are awesome...but when they don't it can be irritating. If you go to Freds TDI page you'll understand in less than 5 minutes.
As far as timing belts are concerned and price...that is a VW thing, The belt itself is cheap ~$100 IIRC...but its the labor, everything is real tight in there and you have to get everything just right because it is an interference engine.