2005 Mk1 Fabia VRS with 64K miles.

It had a new "base" engine at 27K miles after the orginal became hydro-locked.

The work was done by a skoda main dealer. I presume the replacment engine would have had a new cambelt but what about the water pump and tensioner ?.

Im not sure if i should change the cambelt and water pump now as 65K seems to be when people do it although the manual implies 75K miles for the PD engine. Or should I wait until the newer engine has done 65K, when the car will have done 92K ?

Any thoughts ?

Edited 24 August, 201015 yr by Jules59

Change it for peace of mind?

at the end of the day its your decision

Base engines come timed up with new pump and tensioners, so no point changing it early

Thanks for advice.

Car now in the hands of my son over in Lowestoft, I think he'll be happy to run the engine for a while longer before changing cambelt. I'll just keep up with regular servicing when he visits.

The interval for changing cambelts is every 4 years or 60K miles, whichever comes first.

I think it used to be 75 or 80K (no time limit), but Skoda changed it, because of reports of premature failures.

Edited 28 August, 201015 yr by Jim H