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Skoda cam belt change

andrewf75 · 2013-11-21 22:18:05

Just found out that in addition to a £250 4-year service, my Fabia 1.4 TDI is due a cam belt change which adds another £300! Apparently Skoda/VW/Audi have only recently reduced the recommended cam belt change interval to 40,000 miles/4 years from 60,000 miles. But mine has only done 25,000 miles! I appreciate that the…

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captainawsome Posts: 372 Forumite

29 November 2013 at 8:47PM

Why have they reduced the service life? For fun? Probably because they have good reason to, maybe including premature failures at low mileage or in the last year of its servicable life. Who knows.

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