A colleague of mine has an 02-reg Golf GTi TDi 150bhp. He told me last week that he'd had a major service including a routine scheduled timing belt replacement. At this time the dealer had also replaced the belt driven Water Pump. Total cost, over

Yeah, but it would be better if it was

I think if I went to my dealer for my toothed belt replacement (in 10K miles time) it will set me back

A friend of mine with an early Octavia TDi had a water pump fail which was followed in quick succession by the cylinder head gasket failing. The subsequent repair, which included the newly replaced camshaft belt being replaced again, was very expensive - IIRC well over

What normally happens with the water pumps is the plastic impeller falls off the back of the water pump due to the centre part cracking. This leads to overheating.

If it happens before your warranty is up it will be covered. i.e get the labour paid for cambelt and new water pump.