OEM cambelt kit

[Alexxtreme]

My 2011 diesel VW Passat is due it's cambelt change next week. My local VW specialist always uses VW supplied kits and due to covid etc the basic kit is now £200 incl vat (he probably pays less but that is part of his profit and I'm happy with this).

He is an OK bloke and has said if I want to supply my own kit (cambelt, waterpump, tensioners etc), he will fit for around 3.5 hours work.

Does anyone the make of OEM kit that VW supply and I will try elsewhere? Is it Continental and any suggestions where to buy it to avoid something with the right packaging but sourced from "elsewhere"

I would not normally be bothered but I am saving the pennies at the moment as I was made redundant a few months ago.

[Belle427]

I've always bought Gates kits for my own cars as I've always associated them with quality.
I have used kits in the past from Dayco and Continental and never had issues.
Can't really answer who supplies Vag sorry.

[Alexxtreme]

OK - thanks.. to keep my garage happy and not have him complain, it would be good to know what VW re-package as OEM

[Who me ?]

TPS will stock the OEM kit , but they are now only supplying motor trade( or were last time I looked).

[wyson]

Alexxtreme said:

OK - thanks.. to keep my garage happy and not have him complain, it would be good to know what VW re-package as OEM

Doesn’t it say on the belt?

[rottenegg]

OEM parts are Continental for the belt, and INA for the idlers, and that is exactly what you get in a Continental kit from Euro Car Parts. You would be wise to add a water pump to the shopping list as well.

Use Lemforder branded parts for suspension parts, engine mounts etc, and ATE for brakes, which again are both OEM, just without the dealer tax and VW/Audi branding.

Dealer margins on parts have reduced to 11% now, so discounts are considerably smaller now, 5% max usually.

[davetrombone]

I'd avoid the Gates kits personally. They used to be the best aftermarket option but in the last few years the idlers, tensioners and water pump in their kits are lower quality Chinese made items, and for quite a long time the outer package still incorrectly listed all these parts as Japanese made. The Dayco kits are still decent quality.