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Originally Posted by John.
A few years back(well, maybe 10!?) I bought a Golf Driver,mk2, and I'm assuming your engine will very similar.....anyway I replaced the cam belt which cost maybe £5 and it took no time at all to do.
Given your garage is doing the belt and tensioner, charging you an hour of their time, all for £111..............it's not a lot of money for good piece of mind. They're certainly NOT ripping you off.
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The engine is the same as mk2 1.8 golf so im not to sure why other garages that i got quotes from wanted between £150- £220 to do this job when the parts are just over £30 and it is only a hours work.
The service book says the last cam belt change was only 20k miles ago but was carried out in 2004 so nearly 10 years and rubber does perish over the years
so as you say not worth risking for the sake of £111.
looking through the service history there is a quote for a replacement cam belt in 1998 from the main dealer and they quoted £95.