The garage I use have quoted me £1100 for a timing chain change (2012 CCZA engine) so I'm looking to go elsewhere. 

 

I've heard several people post about spending £600-700 all in. Are there any garages within 50 miles of Bristol who are recommended? 

VW Audi Skoda and Seat in Bradford on Avon

 

01225 867 708 ask to speak to Andy. Top bloke. Top Garage. Been going there for over 20 years.

Mine is being done today at Streetwise Bristol, call and Tim will answer the phone, I'm having additional bits but i think I remember him quoting me £680 for chain and tensioner as a guide. I collect tomorrow. Hope this helps.

How did it go @nemesis?

 

Anyone else got any recommendations?

All good car is running superbly now, feels like new and I hopefully don't need to worry anymore.

I had a smoke test and compression test too just for peace of mind as the car is new to me, all is well, with new dv, pcv, coil packs, plugs with full service done its at healthy 45k 8yr old vrs. They've done a good job and even checked on vcds etc so very thorough

Just to add I've been going to Streetwise with various Skodas and Audis for the past 10 years, they're very good indeed, Tim is extremely helpful, they're big enough to cope with complex jobs and use oem parts but don't charge dealer rates per hour. They're also appointed Revo installers too, so many plus points..

Called them up this morning. Just waiting for them to get back to me with a quote

I had my chain and tensioner replaced last week at a main dealer for £599,  got a quote from an indie just down the road from the dealer who said 650-900 so was pretty happy with the price.

Bit of a long-overdue update on this, but went with Streetwise in the end. 

 

Can't really fault their service. Guy at the desk was polite and friendly, and kept me updated with the progress of the job (they had to do both chains and all the guides in the end, which bumped the cost up). Car runs and drives fine now, and I'm no longer paranoid about it blowing up!

 

A few photos of wear to the guides as below, in case anyone is interested. Also shows a small piece of gauze (?) had broken away, so that part had to be replaced too.