The Mk3 Octavia TDI water pump thread

On 27/07/2018 at 08:17, pist0nbr0ke said:

Many will be aware there is an issue with earlier Mk3 Octavia TDI water pumps failing earlier than can reasonably be expected. As far as I am aware, it's mostly 2.0 TDI's, but stand to be corrected.

 

As there are already multiple threads on here about the issue, (and even though mine is a later car and hopefully not affected), I thought I'd start another    (@john999boy if you think this is worth a sticky, it may avoid lots more duplicate threads?)

 

The purpose of this thread is to bring all the info together to hopefully avoid the same questions being repeated, and for members to point dealers towards when they inevitably say "Never seen it before". 

 

So - as I understand it, the symptoms are usually a random sudden rise in coolant/water temperature, often followed by a warning on the dash. Switching off and back on again may clear this, but it will very likely return. Ignoring this warning carries the obvious risk of long term damage to the engine.

 

Cars still under warranty will usually be covered, although some choose to pay to have the cam belt done whilst the work is carried out, and pay the difference.

 

Members with cars out of warranty have had varied luck with getting costs covered, so maybe they could share their experience? 

 

So...please post:

 

• Year of registration

 

• Engine

 

• Mileage when fault occurred

 

• Dealer name & response (i.e. "don't want to know"/"yep, they all do that"/other)

 

• Warranty or goodwill contribution?

 

• Any other info. (Full Skoda service history/independent?)

 

Someone may also be able to confirm when the revised part was introduced, and possibly even part numbers.

 

Hopefully this will help a few people who may have this issue in future. 

 

Thanx