GTI 16v cambelt change

[Czechboy]

Well, its almost that time of my cars life. Its done 53k so within the next month I'm hoping to have the cambelt changed. How much should I be looking to pay. I was quoted £140 including Labour and VAT. Is this quote any good?
Cheers Guys

Mig

 

[andyj]

That's about 3hours labour.....

does it include parts ?!?

It took me about 3hours to change the one on my 2.0 8v, and I'm a total novice at changing cambelts !!!

 

[Dolly_Gti]

i know im a mechanic, but the only belt i changed was also on my 2.0L 8v. took me around an hour and a half.

even though its sixteen valve its still SOHC isnt it? If your arent confident enough to have a go , fair enough but its worth asking people will abit of mechanical knowledge. in all it cost me £22 ( £2 was the best torpedo i ate ) and that was for both belt and tensioner

 

[andyj]

2.0 16v is DOHC.... makes it a tad more complicated I beleive!

 

[edc]

My cambelt and tensioner was £60 labour, own parts supplied, reminds me soon time to change it again ...

 

[m0rk]

glad my valver's sat on a pallet in my garage, it's going to make the belt swapping really easy!

 

[Czechboy]

glad my valver's sat on a pallet in my garage, it's going to make the belt swapping really easy!

That sounds scary mork. I'm actually pretty glad my engine isn't sitting on a pallet in my garage. But snugly in my engine bay

Guess I'll ask around couple more places to see if I can get it cheaper than the £140 all included.

Mig

 

[F2 Stu]

bit of a bicth to do in situe, but not impossible.

 

[Tom B]

I paid £12.53 to get my Cordy done, I supplied the parts! I loved the days of £10/hour!

It took the tech just over an hour, and he'd never done a VW before!

 

[m0rk]

That sounds scary mork. I'm actually pretty glad my engine isn't sitting on a pallet in my garage. But snugly in my engine bay

Guess I'll ask around couple more places to see if I can get it cheaper than the £140 all included.

Mig

what's scarey is that it's all got to go in & start 1st time so not to dent my pride!

 

[Czechboy]

I paid £12.53 to get my Cordy done

I'm feeling generous since its Xmas and all, so tell the guy I'll give him £13 if he'll do mine.

Mig

 

[Fl@pper]

what's scarey is that it's all got to go in & start 1st time so not to dent my pride!

where's the WHOOARR attitude

it'll go in no probs with the front off - starting up is another thing but hey come on

whos da Fonz ??

as above yes the 16v is a twin cam but only has one external belt pulley so pretty much the same as the 8v to do - awkward a bit and Vw seem to use never ending sizes of bolts for different jobs but not too bad

im on my 2nd one and only done 4k miles at 54k i'd get it done YESTERDAY

 

[Dolly_Gti]

yeh i thought it was similar to the 8v, unlike some DOHC cars where they run 2 seperate belts.. my old mans car has counter rotating balance shafts on belts... super