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Please can somebody tell me when the cambelt needs changing on a 2ltr 170tdi?

How much should I expect to pay?

Iv just had my Timing Belt & Water Pump done.

The Timing Belt kit and Pump cost £90, which Big Grey got me,

Had them fitted at KC Motor's on Barlow St in Radcliffe, for £160

good job i had the water pump done it was leaking,

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And my 170CR has timing chain,not a belt, and it must be changed at 180.000 km :giggle:

Yours different to everyone else's then?

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Well,I just checked the spare parts catalog and it says it's a cambelt,but my dealer said it's a chain(and really insisted on that one),but...no way I'll believe him...I'll check the service plan to see when I must change the cambelt.

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  • 10 months later...

Sorry to hijack an old thread... but it is relevant.

My 170CR is coming up to 4 years old. The service schedule that came with the car says the cambelt should be changed every 100k miles, with no time restriction as jrw says. I've seen on other threads that people are going with both lower mileage and/or adding a time limit as is also suggested here by tech1e and mannyo.

My car has only just gone over 40k miles, so way off the distance. A reduction from about 10 years (on my mileage) to 4 years is substantial and from my point of view, quite disappointing. Clearly I don't want to risk a blown engine, but on the other hand a cambelt change is a lot of money and if I don't need it, then I won't do it. So as the CR engines area now getting older and more will be known about their longterm use, I was just wondering whether anyone has any further updates on time/distance recommendations to add to this thread from last year?

Thank you

K.

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kgreenhough,I just had mine done.09 170 elegance @ 180000km.

Belt,Water Pump coolant and labour cost me €450.00.

I thought this was a good deal.Main dealer did the job.I know the milage is 180k km but I have no clue adout the time lapse to get the belt done.

Best advise is to call the servive manager in your local garage and take it from there.It could wind up very expensive if you dont heed the manufacturers guidelines. :rain: :rain:

J

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4years or 80k I was told.

Timing belts are like insurance policies. Nobody likes paying for it/them but everybody wants one!! They are expensive and you never even see it, don't know the condition of it or when it may break.

There is a known fact here and that is that the belt ages over time and therefor gets weaker. It never stops working on your engine.

My advise is just get it done. Shop around and it becomes less expensive. Dealers are crying out for work, it's defo a buyers market.

My dads timing chain (yes I know it's different to a belt, however meant to last longer) snapped on his vaxhaul senator 24v (what a car, it was unreal!!) back in the day. The car was 3 years old and done 40k!!

It cost him £3000 in 1995!!

Get it done if you are keeping the car.

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I love the way nobody has a definate. My dealer didn't have a clue!! Why is it so hard to get the answer?

I bet if you went to trade a superb in they would know exactly when the belt needed changing on your part ex!!

"sorry sir we can only give you 50p for your partex as it needs it's Cam belt, water pump and lots of other things doing befor we can pass it on. Even then we will make no money whatsoever on your car as we are actually a charity!!!"

yawn!!!

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Thank you everyone. I will call a couple of dealers and try to reach a consensus I think - I know cambelt schedules have always been revised in service, but it's frustrating that there still isn't much clarity from Skoda as there must be plenty of these 170CR engines at or over 4 years old by now.

I'm more inclined to have it done than to take a risk as the last thing I want is to be looking for a new engine and it's a low mileage family car that I intend keeping for a few more years!

K.

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My local dealer (since de-franchised) insisted I had a leaking water pump and changed both water pump and belt at 40,000 miles. Personally I think they were spoofing as I didn't notice any coolant loss.

In any case, the mechanic did say the water pumps were not the most reliable, many of them did leak.

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It is quite common to exchange the water pump together with a cambelt. The reason for this is that you only have to pay for the parts of the pump, all the surrounding parts are already disassembled anyway. If the pump would fail maybe 10.000 km later, you would still have to pay for everything again, since you may never refit a used cambelt.

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It is quite common to exchange the water pump together with a cambelt. The reason for this is that you only have to pay for the parts of the pump, all the surrounding parts are already disassembled anyway. If the pump would fail maybe 10.000 km later, you would still have to pay for everything again, since you may never refit a used cambelt.

But this statement is only valid if your car pump is run by cambelt ;)

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As Tech1e mentions, the MAX you should pay for a cambelt is £299 and the MAX for a cambelt and waterpump is £369...

http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/owners/national-pricing/pages/maintenance.aspx

It is possible to negotiate lower if a dealer is willing to beat another local dealer.

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