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Sounds like a dealer price, so should defo include vw parts and labour

oscar olop gti wrote:
I hope so , iam pretty sure it does. How much did you pay for your cambelt change

I didn't plan on getting mine changed. I had to get my head gasket done so the mechanic done it FOC as he said it makes no difference to him whether he puts back an old or new part, so I thought might aswell. Labour £150 + parts. (About £250 all in) So that price isn't too bad, but if you're not in a rush I'd shop around a little more just to get an average price, so you get an idea what you should be paying.

The £293.75 was the cheapest out of 4 quotes, all VW Audi specialists or VW dealer garages in my area.

Mines still cheapest i think, done by vw on the side if you no what i mean!

£56 for parts and £65 for labour

O and my tensioners had lost there plastic cases and were threadin my belts NEARLY VERY COSTLY!

So basically when the cambelt is changed, the tensioners and timing belt are done as well, but the water pump is seperate?

Sorry for my poor engine knowledge, I'm better with cosmetic advice

ModifiedMadness wrote:So basically when the cambelt is changed, the tensioners and timing belt are done as well, but the water pump is seperate?

Sorry for my poor engine knowledge, I'm better with cosmetic advice

Yep you got it m8

Cheers mate.

I just had my cambelt changed this week. I got a nice letter from the VW dealer say what they recommend. How nice of them to let me know. Well gave them a call a few days later to find out about a price. The price I got was £300 and that was just for the Cambelt & tensioners!. So called a specialist who quoted me £306.68 for the following:

Relay roller
Tensioner
Aux belt Tensioner
Timing Belts ( pair )
Cambelt Idler
Water pump and some new G12 antifreeze.

So decided to go with that as it sounded like a good deal