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Hey guys just wanted to ask what major service involves at 40,000 miles on my 1.8 gti been told should be a cambelt change and water pump aswell as spark plugs oil,oil filter and fuel filter and air filter anything else I'm missing?

If the brake fluid hasnt been changed yet it may be worth doing that at the same time. often overlooked and makes a big difference

Cabin filter as well! not essential to performance of the car but all the air you breath goes through that first and you will be horrified to see how dirty they become.

Its a 5 minute job and the filter is about £5.

Depends if the belts been done previously though cam belt was at 30k or 5 years

Cam belt is at 4 years or 60,000 miles. You don't need to change the water pump but it makes sense to - VW only charge £60 or so extra to do it and it could save a big bill in the future.

Otherwise it's just filters, plugs, general visual inspections of the entire car. I've got mine going in on Monday for all this to be done. Service is over £200 IIRC which is a bit grim though...

Thought it was 60k but seemed a bit high! You can't put a price on maintaining a performance car like this though

Thanks for advice guys I am greatfull I don't think the belt needs done I rang Vw in colidale for a service and water pump and cambelt change charging me £644 in vat parts and labour think find Vw specialist near the M25

Depends if you wanna keep up a full vw service history keeps the value high but that is a lot of money!

The car doesn't have a Vw history always been done by a specialist or small garage I want to build up a Vw history but am thinking twice after the price quoted

v896 wrote:Thanks for advice guys I am greatfull I don't think the belt needs done I rang Vw in colidale for a service and water pump and cambelt change charging me £644 in vat parts and labour think find Vw specialist near the M25

Citygate Colindale? I wouldn't go near them with a barge pole mate. They broke the diagnostic port connector off my last Polo and taped it back on backwards in the hope I wouldn't notice, and then put a whacking great buffer trail down one side. Complete cowboys IMO. The Alan Day garages around London are alright, prices are the same but a much better service I find.

In all honesty then if it doesn't have it it isn't worth it. As long ad it's done by someone who knows what they're doing. To put it into consideration I got my timing belt and water pump done for £60 parts, £100 labour and then £150 for an MOT and service that included the price for all service parts too

blazeguarder wrote:

v896 wrote:Thanks for advice guys I am great full I don't think the belt needs done I rang Vw in colidale for a service and water pump and cambelt change charging me £644 in vat parts and labour think find Vw specialist near the M25

Citygate Colindale? I wouldn't go near them with a barge pole mate. They broke the diagnostic port connector off my last Polo and taped it back on backwards in the hope I wouldn't notice, and then put a whacking great buffer trail down one side. Complete cowboys IMO. The Alan Day garages around London are alright, prices are the same but a much better service I find.

Thanks for the advice i've had my fair share of problems with a number of citygates already in the parts department there one of the biggest supplier in london of VW original parts went there to order the cup bumpers 4 times the guy wouldn't take my order even though i was paying cash kept saying there on back order for 3 months, then he decided to become cocky i can take your money no problem. That really pissed me off. In the end i had a mate in the trade who contacted him, made the order i had the parts in 4 working days. Just goes to show how unprofessional citygate are.

i'll check out alan day its a bit far though nearest one is hampstead or croydon

ok so got a quote for £500 for cambelt change, full serivce, water pump change and brake fluid change worth it?

Still seems pretty expensive to be honest mate

benmkiv wrote:Still seems pretty expensive to be honest mate

what price would be fair? For a full service(oil change, oil filter change, fuel filter change, spark plugs change and air filter change), cambelt change , water pump change and break fluid change. It include parts and labour

Like I said man including a MOT I paid £300 I know mines not 1.8 turbo but the principles are the same. Same parts pretty much, same job.