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colesey:
--- Quote from: Cosmos on February 27, 2020, 08:15:36 am ---Just booked my ed30 in for its timing belt kit,water pump and oil service for 30th march.
Car is on 36k miles and does just over 2k miles a year. Is there anything else i should get done while its in ?
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I would recommend checking the seals inside the HPFP as mine were perished at 25k miles / 11 years.
pudding:
--- Quote from: maxamplitude10 on February 18, 2020, 11:52:48 am ---TPS have a sale on genuine cam-belt kits at the mo, I got the belt kit, water pump and thermostat all genuine VW parts for £170 all in:-)
Worth a look if you can do it yourself!!
MaxAmp
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Bargain! Can't argue with a £170 belt/pump change if folk fancy tackling it themselves. Honestly, it's such an easy job I am bewildered by people paying VW £550 to do it! You don't need a cam lock tool or anything daft like that. VW made this engine easy to work on :happy2:
pudding:
--- Quote from: coolhandluke on February 26, 2020, 04:15:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Lucky ducky on February 22, 2020, 02:56:57 pm ---Job done €450 which is about £400 brakes still slightly sticking that's for another day...
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Did that include the water pump and stretch bolts.
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That's the kicker. Bolts and sundries tot up the final price by a fair chunk, which is often over looked. Around £30 in stretch bolts + 2 bottles of G13 water additive @ £15 each.....on top of the belt/pump kit. Still works out a lot cheaper DIY vs garage price though.
A lot of folk *still* re-use stretch bolts though, in spite of the well documented cases of engines dropping onto the floor. As a result, VW dealers now refuse to sign a car off unless it's proven new bolts were used. I know some folk don't understand the purpose of stretch bolts, but we can take that operational change from VW as a strong message to......not re-use stretch bolts!!
MFGTI:
Just called VW Wimbledon for a quote on cambelt + water pump....£982.60 :scared:
gj124:
I didn't even bother asking my local dealer. INA kit including water pump was £130 from GSF... The genuine bits including new bolts were around £250 last time I looked, to be charging nearly a grand they must really not want the work.
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