Hi. Just thinking of getting a 2014 (64) Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR DPF Elegance estate. It's done 53,400 miles.

Should it have had a new cambelt fitted already? Or when is the recommended time to have it replaced?

5 years or 120000 miles.

Thanks Jordy. That seems quite a high mileage. Is this the manufacturer's advice or the general

consensus of the forum? 

 

Edited 23 September, 20178 yr by Davyjoe
Spelt name wrong

That's according to Skoda. Yep seems very high compared to previous cars by VW/Audi/Skoda.

 

It's a bit hard to decipher but see attached maintenance guides. 

 

Just checked and page 24 and 25 show timing belt intervals. It actually just says 210000km and no time interval. That works out to be 130000 miles.

Maintenance1_Part1.pdf

Maintenance1_Part2.pdf

1 hour ago, Davyjoe said:

Hi. Just thinking of getting a 2014 (64) Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR DPF Elegance estate. It's done 53,400 miles.

Should it have had a new cambelt fitted already? Or when is the recommended time to have it replaced?

Thanks again Jordy. Very detailed reply. Skoda obviously have a lot of confidence in their cambelts

5 yrs does seem quite soon for a modern car. My mates Audi A3 which has same engine as the Octavia is 9 yrs or 90k miles. You'd think Skoda would be the same.

Edited 24 September, 20178 yr by donny1972

On 9/24/2017 at 00:04, jordy_wd said:

That's according to Skoda. Yep seems very high compared to previous cars by VW/Audi/Skoda.

 

It's a bit hard to decipher but see attached maintenance guides. 

 

Just checked and page 24 and 25 show timing belt intervals. It actually just says 210000km and no time interval. That works out to be 130000 miles.

Maintenance1_Part1.pdf

Maintenance1_Part2.pdf

Hi Jordy_wd

I don't suppose you have the maintenance schedule for the 2015 Mk3 Octavia?

Thank you

Stewart7

On 29/09/2017 at 20:22, Stewart7 said:

Hi Jordy_wd

I don't suppose you have the maintenance schedule for the 2015 Mk3 Octavia?

Thank you

Stewart7

 

As far as I'm aware it hasn't changed from the Mk3's inception so the above schedule should apply.

 

Any doubts contact your dealer.

Thanks for the maintenance manuals downloads - a very useful bit of information 

On 23/09/2017 at 23:18, Davyjoe said:

Hi. Just thinking of getting a 2014 (64) Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR DPF Elegance estate. It's done 53,400 miles.

Should it have had a new cambelt fitted already? Or when is the recommended time to have it replaced?

I'd also get the water pump changed as well at the same time as the timeing belt.

On 24/09/2017 at 00:04, jordy_wd said:

That's according to Skoda. Yep seems very high compared to previous cars by VW/Audi/Skoda.

 

It's a bit hard to decipher but see attached maintenance guides. 

 

Just checked and page 24 and 25 show timing belt intervals. It actually just says 210000km and no time interval. That works out to be 130000 miles.

Maintenance1_Part1.pdf

Maintenance1_Part2.pdf

 

I changed mine at 120k as I wasn't happy waiting till 130k, I know it's only 10k but it just seems very high.  I had waterpump done at the same time. 

My  Indie VAG garage checked at the last service and got the same result. -  130,000 miles and no time limit.

 

He was a bit lairy about leaving it so long, as my car had done 90,000+.

I figure  that VAG would err on the side of caution and generating work for their dealer network and 130k would do me.

Time limit I thought was 5 years

29 minutes ago, ScoutCJB said:

Time limit I thought was 5 years

 

Nope, apparently time limit has been dropped. I don’t know when or from what year, but it seems to apply to all belted engines fitted to the Mk III.

@BJM

Could you say where you got this information, how recently & was it from Skoda / VW Group, a Dealership Service Desk person, or a technician and for which World Region, 

and does it refer to all Mk3 Octavia and vehicles with the same Euro 6 engines, or just where people own a car privately where Skoda say something different to Fleet Owners?

5 hours ago, Skoffski said:

@BJM

Could you say where you got this information As stated, local independent VAG specialist

 

how recently 24/04/19

 

was it from Skoda / VW Group, a Dealership Service Desk person, or a technician As stated, independent VAG specialist, senior partner / mechanic

 

Which World Region, No idea. Presumably whatever region the UK occupies

 

Does it refer to all Mk3 Octavia and vehicles with the same Euro 6 engines, Apparently all Euro 6 Skoda engines which have cambelt as opposed to camchains.

 

Just where people own a car privately where Skoda say something different to Fleet Owners? I have no idea what you mean by this.

 

13 hours ago, BJM said:

My  Indie VAG garage checked at the last service and got the same result. -  130,000 miles and no time limit.

 

 

Not saying they are wrong but in might be an idea asking your indie VAG garage for the source of that information.

 

The only reason I say this is because as ever with VAG, it depends where you look as to what information is provided. If they've dropped the time limit then I'd get in in writing. (personally I don't believe that's correct but who actually knows?)  Dealerships / service centres themselves don't seem to have a ***ing clue.

 

An example of every 5year:

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/what-we-check-and-why/cambelt-change

 

An example of no time limit: (better still, note how different intervals depending on different engine: (see pg 11)

 

https://www.seat.com/datamanual-maintenance/my12_w22/Turismos/en-uk/Maintenance_programm_EN.pdf

 

A direct contradiction to the above from main dealership:

 

https://www.coxmotorgroup.com/aftercare/seat/seat-cambelt

 

Here's an Audi dealer telling you it's between 40k-60k !!

 

https://www.sinclairaudi.co.uk/news/cambelt-changed-audi-a3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing every five years only ever seemed to be a Skoda UK thing, with Skoda CZ always saying it was for life with inspections after some large number of miles. I don't have any citations for that though.

If they have got rid of the change at five years that's good news as far as I'm concerned. I changed my Mk1 Focus's at 10 years and 100000 miles.

Edited 27 May, 20197 yr by Rodge