Hi

Posting for information as most of the posts I could see by searching for timing belt pricing were a few years old.

Have received the following quotes in and around the Glasgow area over the past week. All quotes are for the timing belt and water pump on a Mk3 (2018) 2.0 TDi. All inclusive of parts and labour.

Skoda Dealer: £990 (plus £110 extra for auxiliary belt)

Local garage: £770 not incl. auxiliary belt

VAG Independent: £800 incl. auxiliary belt

Of course prices likely to depend on where you are / engine etc but significantly more than what seems to have been quoted a few years ago may give an idea to any prospective buyers or those planning ahead. I assume prices have just gone up over the years as all quotes are in the same / expected ballpark but if I'm being ripped off let me know!

Good morning Jamie, what is your mileage?

Are you beginning to have issues with the pump?

As your in Glasgow try https://www.thecrossgarageltd.co.uk/ for a price.There in Kirkintilloch and are vw/skoda specialists. Bought a 1.9tdi from them a few years ago that had been looked after/serviced by them and had no problems for years. They were really good to deal with. Old school garage Father and Son.

Alasdair

Hi Warrior, just at 100k miles. No issues with the pump as far as I can tell. By way of context re. belt change, I feel now is a reasonable time to look at exchange for me. Early per updated recommendation but while I anticipate having the car another few years I'm unlikely to do another 100k miles on it so don't see a huge amount to gain by pushing the change much further out.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Jamie1991

56 minutes ago, Alasdair1 said:

As your in Glasgow try https://www.thecrossgarageltd.co.uk/ for a price.There in Kirkintilloch and are vw/skoda specialists. Bought a 1.9tdi from them a few years ago that had been looked after/serviced by them and had no problems for years. They were really good to deal with. Old school garage Father and Son.

Alasdair

Thanks for the recommendation, may be a little far for me as I'm outside the city but will have a look.

"plus £110 extra for auxiliary belt"

Wow, that's a lot of parts cost for an auxiliary drive belt. A belt you have to take off and refit as part of a cambelt change anyway. So they can't claim any extra labour is involved.

Edit "unless that means the aux belt tensioner too, but I fear it doesn't"

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