Timing belt change on VW polo?

[Dan_1981]

Anyone any idea of rough ball park figure for an independant to do a timing belt change on a W plate VW polo?

Ta

[htid]

Someone had this done, if I remember right £80-100 ish, could be wrong

[cuprabob]

More likely to be in the region of £200 - £250 as normally you would also change tensioner and water pump

[Paul Dishman]

Worth asking around, my lad had that done on his Polo last year and the VW dealer was the cheapest

[Toilet Duck]

Dan_1981 said:

Anyone any idea of rough ball park figure for an independant to do a timing belt change on a W plate VW polo?

Ta

What engine is it? My 56 plate Polo with a 1.9 tdi engine cost £300 for the cambelt and an extra £100 for the water pump. This was from a main dealer on their fixed price service menu thing. My local independant garage couldn't get close to that price.

[Deerfoot]

Toilet Duck said:

What engine is it? My 56 plate Polo with a 1.9 tdi engine cost £300 for the cambelt and an extra £100 for the water pump. This was from a main dealer on their fixed price service menu thing. My local independant garage couldn't get close to that price.

I had my 1.9TDI Polo done for £340 a couple of weeks ago (including water pump), they`re about 100 yards away from the VW dealer in Salisbury and have a good reputation. The dealer showed me the fixed price menu thing and admitted he couldn`t match the indy.

I had a 10,000 miles service just prior to Christmas and the indy was only 38p cheaper than the dealer that time.