That's an insane price!

 

Water pump, 2 belts and labour cost me £230 and was done in less than 2 hours at an independent garage.

The parts including VAT cost £230 or a bit more even at trade price though.

Recently had the waterpump changed on mine, too. Similar root cause - bearings gone.

 

It was truly a horrible noise. Made the car sound like a tractor.

 

That does sound expensive but dealers always are. A Skoda dealer told me their hourly rate was £100 when I was asking for quotes on supply and fitting of a replacement. It went to a local garage off the back of that.

 

It wasn’t plain sailing though - the local garage sourced a non-genuine part which I think wasn’t the latest revision.

 

Reading up, there are a few known issues with earlier batches of them not disengaging the magnetic clutch for the supercharger.

 

Long story short, the job was done twice but with a genuine part the last time.

 

Glad it’s sorted for you, though. Sometimes it’s worth paying more to avoid hassle.

Edited 21 February, 20197 yr by jamescarroll