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TDi_B5
08-05-2008, 01:56 PM
Just wondering what people have paid for a cambelt change at a garage?? After going through some of my service history today, I think I may well be due a cambelt change (including tensioner & roller). Here are some prices;

My local VW Garage: £360 or £325 if you have a service done too.

My local VW/Audi Specialist: £270

And there are a few VW/Audi garages (franchises) advertising on ebay, one in stafford advetising any 4 cyclinder cambelt change for £245 and another dealership in Crewe doing the same for £175!!!!!

All are using genuine parts too! What a staggering difference in price

horacek
08-05-2008, 02:03 PM
Mines due soon and Ive had two quotes so far:

£305+VAT (Autodeutsch Ltd) Manchester area.

A VAG Indie specialist at £330 inc VAT

(obviously pump inc)

Any others in the North West greatfully received.

TDi_B5
08-05-2008, 02:11 PM
Crewe, Cheshire! For £175! They'll even drop you in the town centre to do a little shopping according to their add! Worth the drive if you can save that much money!

Anyone used places like National Autowide etc??

horacek
08-05-2008, 02:13 PM
Who is it with? Are they Kosher? I'd need a VAT receipt etc and they'd need to be at least a Ltd company (imagine they just do half the job. How would you know?)

TDi_B5
08-05-2008, 02:16 PM
As I said, its a main Volkswagen dealer in Crewe, check out the link below. They do cambelts for petrol and diesel.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-PASSAT-1-9-TDI-CAMBELT-REPLACEMENT-97-00_W0QQitemZ170094231206QQihZ007QQcategoryZ9889QQr dZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q 2em118Q2el1247

Tony Elphick
08-05-2008, 04:49 PM
I used Nationwide Autocentre. They fitted it incorrectly, the belt came off when they tested it, pistons met valves and so a wrecked engine. After much arguing they've eventually sorted out a complete engine rebuild by independent engineers.

chrispassat
17-05-2008, 10:56 AM
£275 inc VAT and water pump seems going rate around Manchester area from indie VW specialists. Takes em a day. Make sure your aircon works afterwards to avoid repeated trips back to the garage because the failed to reconnect sensor/actuator wiring!

m4xmw
17-05-2008, 01:28 PM
I did indeed use Crewe for my cambelt change.
Do a search and you`ll see the thread I posted.
It is a great offer using genuine parts, I got a courtesy car and my car came back clean!

All genuine VW parts and at a vw garage...
Reccomended

Mark

Ross 1.8T
18-05-2008, 11:14 PM
Crewe, Cheshire! For £175! They'll even drop you in the town centre to do a little shopping according to their add! Worth the drive if you can save that much money!

Anyone used places like National Autowide etc??

Got a quote from Crewe VW. Looks good on the surface but its the bare bones service. Doesn't include hydraulic tensioner or waterpump. They wanted an extra £100 to include the waterpump on my 1.8T and another 70 odd for the hydraulic tensioner damper. What looks like a good deal suddenly doubles in price and becomes more expensive than the reputable specialists.

I'd never even dream of replacing the belt and tensioners without having the waterpump (if its the original VW one) done at the same time. If (read: when) the original pump fails, you need to get the cambelt off to replace it on most VW engines.

horacek
19-05-2008, 07:37 AM
Which indies in Manchester? :confused:

Best I came up with was £300 + VAT on a diesel (belt/pump)

danny78
22-05-2009, 11:29 PM
Try http://www.germanspecialists.co.uk/

jagr
23-05-2009, 11:31 AM
I used Dave @ BVR Automotive here:
http://www.staffsvwspecialist.co.uk/index.html

He did my '02 Passat TDI and my brother '03 Golf TDI for £450. That included genuine VW cambelt kits and waterpumps.

He gave individual vat receipts and stamped the service books.

ChillOut
23-05-2009, 07:38 PM
I used Nationwide Autocentre. They fitted it incorrectly, the belt came off when they tested it, pistons met valves and so a wrecked engine. After much arguing they've eventually sorted out a complete engine rebuild by independent engineers.

Nationwide Autocentres are a bunch of ignorants tw@ats. They advised replacement of good parts on a Mondeo I had and when my lease company insisted I use them, they claimed the rear pads were shot after just 27K. 40K further on, the replacements are still doing fine. And they used the wrong oil :aargh4: they insisted it was correct, but I insisted on seeing the can it came from and it was not long-life oil. They had to buy some in specially and drain and refill.

DO NOT USE THEM if you value your car.

ChillOut
23-05-2009, 07:43 PM
If the dealer is VW and using VW parts, you can't go wrong can you? But VW list price for parts is £175, so I don't know how they can do it for that - main dealer wanted £500 for mine (we do get ripped off in the South)

Mine has just cost £380 (water pump and aux belts 130TDi AWX) at indi specliast - all VW genuine parts.

WARNING: They need to use the correct tension tool, and use it correctly (or at least so I heard) - apparently you can cause mis-timing if they don't, although it won't bend your valves, your performance or economy will suffer.

Given the importance of this item, I would advise only using a VAG speciliast, preferably who has a known good reputation or a main dealer. Some "savings" in life are a false economy.

jagr
24-05-2009, 12:27 AM
WARNING: They need to use the correct tension tool, and use it correctly (or at least so I heard) - apparently you can cause mis-timing if they don't, although it won't bend your valves, your performance or economy will suffer.


When mine was done two weeks ago Dave (BVR) showed me with the correct tools that the timing was a tooth or so out.
When he used top locking tool it was fine but when he went to lock with the bottom one it was about a tooth out.

BVR.Automotive
25-05-2009, 11:03 AM
When mine was done two weeks ago Dave (BVR) showed me with the correct tools that the timing was a tooth or so out.
When he used top locking tool it was fine but when he went to lock with the bottom one it was about a tooth out.


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