MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: mattyc on March 21, 2018, 11:03:56 am

Title: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: mattyc on March 21, 2018, 11:03:56 am

Hi all,

Just been informed by the garage my water pump is leaking (Mk5 GTI).

Any recommendations on where to get the work carried out and rough costs? From doing a bit of searching it seems advisable to get the cam belt done too.

Thanks

Title: Re: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: colesey on March 21, 2018, 11:59:01 am

VW’s Fixed Price scheme is not that outlandishly expensive at £500 for this work given the assurance of factory parts / warranty.

Title: Re: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: mattyc on March 21, 2018, 12:09:13 pm

Thanks Colesy.

Anyone else had work done by mechanics in West London they would recommend?

Title: Re: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: coolhandluke on March 21, 2018, 05:33:13 pm

Quote from: mattyc on March 21, 2018, 11:03:56 am

Hi all,

Just been informed by the garage my water pump is leaking (Mk5 GTI).

Any recommendations on where to get the work carried out and rough costs? From doing a bit of searching it seems advisable to get the cam belt done too.

Thanks

Out of interest how many miles on the car and when was the last time timing belt etc was changed ?

Title: Re: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: colesey on March 21, 2018, 06:38:19 pm

Quote from: mattyc on March 21, 2018, 12:09:13 pm

Thanks Colesy.

Anyone else had work done by mechanics in West London they would recommend?

Well, I can certainly recommend giving Monaco VW a wide berth. They don’t honour VW’s fixed price for this work and I had a bad experience with them. So bad that I was forced to complain to VW UK and they then proceeded to misrepresent the facts of the situation......

Title: Re: Water pump replacement West London
Post by: Rado16v on March 22, 2018, 12:47:12 pm

Find a Seat dealer who will do it for £469 under their fixed price maintenance. They do water pump on its own for £230. Or get a VW dealer to price match Seat.