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jus wondering what you guys have paid for your cambelt kits? jus ordered my kit today, together with the water pump, came upto £113.09 incl vat from German & Swedish

Thats a good price. I got quoted about £140 odd inc vat from GSF but i wasn't happy about the amount of questions he was asking about what engine i had, think he was unsure about the pump

I think i paid closer to £160 for mine but it was from my local vw stealer, it was closer and he knew the car and which bits to order as soon as i asked.

It was actually less than that cos the water pump was on an exchange basis so i got £15 back.

I'm dead picky when it comes to things like parts, gotta be spot on.

got the car back after the cambelts been done and the waterpump only £60
am i supposed to take the car easy for a while or do i just cain it as usual

hot_polo wrote:got the car back after the cambelts been done and the waterpump only £60
am i supposed to take the car easy for a while or do i just cain it as usual

who did that for £60

benefits of having relatives owning garages

My cambelt/water pump replacement job was performed under warranty at ~53,000 miles

How did you get it done under warranty? Did it break?

hmm i'm getting the feeling that water pump failure might be quite common if it's a service item?

Si_GTi wrote:My cambelt/water pump replacement job was performed under warranty at ~53,000 miles

git!

hot_polo wrote:

Si_GTi wrote:My cambelt/water pump replacement job was performed under warranty at ~53,000 miles

git!

I know! In some respects it was quite fortunate, what happened to the car. Basically the cambelt tensoiner failed, so in order to fix that VW had to replace the whole shooting match, both toothed belts, tensioner, water pump and the various bits and pieces that go with it all.

Lucky boy eh?

How much can I expect to pay for the 60k service then, is the cambelt part of that or is it seperate?

Or will I need my trousers with deep pockets on and a pot of Vaseline?