IMHO a lot of manufacturers start off with really nice' date=' high figures for changing the cambelt. The joke (?) is that over time the 'when to change' advise tends to come down by a tremendous amount.

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A lot of that is so that they can make the lifetime service costs look good for fleet managers. Alfa used to claim 72k for the 156 but they had a lot of failures before that so it dropped to 48k then 32k as the recommended interval

Yea i will get it done at jabba ASAP. Thats half my remap funds down the drain :(

Booked mine in for 60k servive today+ MOT.Told them to change cambelt.

Told me this morning doesn't need it till 120,000 (check by garage at 60k and every 20k thereafter) I said just do it.

Just phoned.Car ready.Cambelt not done as not one in stock.AGAIN they said 'you don't need it done till 120'000'.I said just do it!!

What REALLY peeves me is it was booked in weeks ago.Why havn't they got a cambelt in!!!

Booked mine in for 60k servive today+ MOT.Told them to change cambelt.

Told me this morning doesn't need it till 120' date='000 (check by garage at 60k and every 20k thereafter) I said just do it.

Just phoned.Car ready.Cambelt not done as not one in stock.AGAIN they said 'you don't need it done till 120'000'.I said just do it!!

What REALLY peeves me is it was booked in weeks ago.Why havn't they got a cambelt in!!![/quote']

Disappointing. Where was that?

Ok, got the prices quoted to me from the dealer:

Cambelt kit parts £20+38+26+15

Cambelt labour £298

Cambelt total: £397.

Brake fluid change: £52

Disks and pads: £203

Anyone know anyone around Northants (or neighbouring counties) who can do stuff much cheaper than this?

Volksworld £380 as well for Cambelt kit.

Whats the cambelt due at on a fabia RS? - is it 60, same as the pd100?:confused:

60k, but see this thread.

So after much confusion in the manual, i'd love to know what the ATD thing is against engines.

Also what is the belt interval on the TDi 110 (eg non PDi) in an octi.

Thanks

hi there just had the belt changed on my 02 octavia 1.9tdi 110bhp kit cost me 12p short of £100 a Gates kit btw and buddy did it for £100 at used VW AND AUDI SPARES SHEFFIELD belt that came off looked ok car done 61,000 but better safe than more lols oh the water pump was fine too

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So from reading this, Skoda advise to change the cambelt on a Octavia vRS at 120,000mls, but there is also a metal plate in the engine bay that advises every 60,000mls. Is this right??

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So from reading this' date=' Skoda advise to change the cambelt on a Octavia vRS at 120,000mls, but there is also a metal plate in the engine bay that advises every 60,000mls. Is this right??[/quote']The manufacturer's recommended interval for replacing the toothed belt for 1.8T petrol engines is 180,000 km (120,000 miles). The metal plate referred to by wedge69 is in the engine bay of his Octavia 1.9 TDi SLX. There seems to be a degree of consensus amongst our 1.8T owners that the belt should be changed at 60,000 miles just in case.