Hello everyone, did anyone done the cambelt on the diesel engine so far? Done it diy or garage? What costs where involved?

 

As the interval on this engine is 130k miles or 5 years i assume who done it, it was do to miles reached or water pump replacement. 

Mine is going in on Wednesday for a new water pump and timing belt. The car has intermittently started to give an overheating warning and temp gauge going up into the red.

 

The car is 6 months out of warranty, and has done 49k. My local VW group specialist is doing it for £350

On 02/12/2019 at 11:20, Inoffski said:

Mine is going in on Wednesday for a new water pump and timing belt. The car has intermittently started to give an overheating warning and temp gauge going up into the red.

 

The car is 6 months out of warranty, and has done 49k. My local VW group specialist is doing it for £350

 

which specialist is that buddy, im looking into getting mine done too as i'm now on 100k. i need an oil seal replacing at the same time too as its leaking.

15 minutes ago, DEANO24V said:

 

which specialist is that buddy, im looking into getting mine done too as i'm now on 100k. i need an oil seal replacing at the same time too as its leaking.

 

I take mine to Steve at Halifax Autotech. Top bloke who will do you a great job at a fair price. 

nice one, cheers 👍

On 02/12/2019 at 11:20, Inoffski said:

Mine is going in on Wednesday for a new water pump and timing belt. The car has intermittently started to give an overheating warning and temp gauge going up into the red.

 

The car is 6 months out of warranty, and has done 49k. My local VW group specialist is doing it for £350

 

I'm getting prices around £500 to do this - apparently due to the extra cost of the 'electronic' pump.  Did that get mentioned when you had yours done?

On 09/07/2020 at 15:20, Rory said:

 

I'm getting prices around £500 to do this - apparently due to the extra cost of the 'electronic' pump.  Did that get mentioned when you had yours done?

 

No no mention at all about an 'electronic' pump

5 hours ago, Inoffski said:

 

No no mention at all about an 'electronic' pump

 

Electronic probably isn't right - they seem to be referred to as switchable.   There's a picture here:

 

You can get non-switchable versions of the pump.  So maybe some models use them and some don't, although I'd be surprised by that.

 

I think the switchable pump is just over £100 - so if you got the job done for £350 (inc VAT?) that seems very good going.   But then I always seem to end up paying top whack!

41 minutes ago, Rory said:

 

Electronic probably isn't right - they seem to be referred to as switchable.   There's a picture here:

 

You can get non-switchable versions of the pump.  So maybe some models use them and some don't, although I'd be surprised by that.

 

I think the switchable pump is just over £100 - so if you got the job done for £350 (inc VAT?) that seems very good going.   But then I always seem to end up paying top whack!

 

The mechanic did mention that hey are a 'variable' pump fitted, which only starts to operate once the coolant gets up to a certain temperature, which would fit in with this.

 

I do think I have found a very reasonable and more importantly trustworthy place to have my car done though - just this week had a diagnostics and glow plug replaced for £107!