{"title":"Shared across the group","description":"\u003cp\u003eParts that fit more than one badge, because Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda share platforms, engines and gearboxes. Same part, four badges, one price.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-water-pump-and-fitting-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Water Pump and Fitting in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: belt, tensioner, idlers, water pump and the auxiliary belt, fitted, which is the whole job rather than the part of it that was cheapest to quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218520637788,"sku":"WBD-TBK-001-PO","price":1049.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218520670556,"sku":"WBD-TBK-001-PF","price":1349.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Water_Pump_and_Fitting_in_OE_Supplier_a91eeadf-219a-4b79-9ab9-001c3bfb75bb.jpg?v=1790165569"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-water-pump-and-fitting-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Water Pump and Fitting in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: belt, tensioner, idlers, water pump and the auxiliary belt, fitted, which is the whole job rather than the part of it that was cheapest to quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218524438876,"sku":"WBD-TBK-002-PO","price":1574.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218524471644,"sku":"WBD-TBK-002-PF","price":2049.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Water_Pump_and_Fitting_in_Genuine_Boxed_6007c006-c796-4fa4-b025-8830a621d59d.jpg?v=1790165569"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-water-pump-and-fitting-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Water Pump and Fitting in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: belt, tensioner, idlers, water pump and the auxiliary belt, fitted, which is the whole job rather than the part of it that was cheapest to quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218524668252,"sku":"WBD-TBK-003-PO","price":1299.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218524701020,"sku":"WBD-TBK-003-PF","price":1674.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Water_Pump_and_Fitting_in_Uprated_b8794d1e-72e4-4f4d-87a7-c429e28c114f.jpg?v=1790165569"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-metal-impeller-water-pump-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Metal Impeller Water Pump in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: a metal impeller rather than the plastic one, because a plastic impeller sheds its blades into the cooling system and you will be back behind the same covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.0 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218534531420,"sku":"WBD-TBK-005-PO","price":1649.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218534564188,"sku":"WBD-TBK-005-PF","price":2124.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Metal_Impeller_Water_Pump_in_Genuine_Boxed_ee0c2b84-e8aa-4c41-8ff1-aec1b6777f7a.jpg?v=1790165569"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-metal-impeller-water-pump-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Metal Impeller Water Pump in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: a metal impeller rather than the plastic one, because a plastic impeller sheds its blades into the cooling system and you will be back behind the same covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.7 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218534695260,"sku":"WBD-TBK-006-PO","price":1349.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218534728028,"sku":"WBD-TBK-006-PF","price":1774.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Metal_Impeller_Water_Pump_in_Uprated_7871c661-c44d-4c8b-a7eb-3ecb9d40f7f8.jpg?v=1790165570"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-and-auxiliary-belt-package-with-fitting-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt and Auxiliary Belt Package with Fitting in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the auxiliary belt, tensioner and pulleys too, which are the same access and are usually the same age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218538234204,"sku":"WBD-TBK-007-PO","price":1149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218538266972,"sku":"WBD-TBK-007-PF","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-and-auxiliary-belt-package-with-fitting-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt and Auxiliary Belt Package with Fitting in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the auxiliary belt, tensioner and pulleys too, which are the same access and are usually the same age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218541314396,"sku":"WBD-TBK-008-PO","price":1724.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218541347164,"sku":"WBD-TBK-008-PF","price":2224.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-and-auxiliary-belt-package-with-fitting-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt and Auxiliary Belt Package with Fitting in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the auxiliary belt, tensioner and pulleys too, which are the same access and are usually the same age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 10.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218541445468,"sku":"WBD-TBK-009-PO","price":1424.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218541478236,"sku":"WBD-TBK-009-PF","price":1849.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-pumpe-duse-diesel-with-fitting-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a Pumpe Duse Diesel with Fitting in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the PD engine, where the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure is unforgiving of approximation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure uses a specific tool and a specific sequence. Approximating it gives a belt that will not last the interval\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218543083868,"sku":"WBD-TBK-010-PO","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218543116636,"sku":"WBD-TBK-010-PF","price":1549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-pumpe-duse-diesel-with-fitting-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a Pumpe Duse Diesel with Fitting in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the PD engine, where the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure is unforgiving of approximation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 10.0 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure uses a specific tool and a specific sequence. Approximating it gives a belt that will not last the interval\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218543182172,"sku":"WBD-TBK-011-PO","price":1799.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218543214940,"sku":"WBD-TBK-011-PF","price":2324.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-pumpe-duse-diesel-with-fitting-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a Pumpe Duse Diesel with Fitting in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the PD engine, where the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure is unforgiving of approximation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 10.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: the belt also drives the tandem pump and the tensioning procedure uses a specific tool and a specific sequence. Approximating it gives a belt that will not last the interval\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218543280476,"sku":"WBD-TBK-012-PO","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218543313244,"sku":"WBD-TBK-012-PF","price":1924.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-courtesy-car-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Courtesy Car in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the same job with a car to drive, because this is most of a day and it is rarely convenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218543411548,"sku":"WBD-TBK-013-PO","price":1249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218543444316,"sku":"WBD-TBK-013-PF","price":1624.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-courtesy-car-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Courtesy Car in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the same job with a car to drive, because this is most of a day and it is rarely convenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544066908,"sku":"WBD-TBK-014-PO","price":1874.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544099676,"sku":"WBD-TBK-014-PF","price":2424.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-courtesy-car-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Courtesy Car in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the same job with a car to drive, because this is most of a day and it is rarely convenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544197980,"sku":"WBD-TBK-015-PO","price":1549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544230748,"sku":"WBD-TBK-015-PF","price":1999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-thermostat-and-coolant-change-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Thermostat and Coolant Change in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the thermostat and fresh coolant while the system is open, which is an hour of free labour and a part that is the same age as the pump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 11.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544296284,"sku":"WBD-TBK-016-PO","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544329052,"sku":"WBD-TBK-016-PF","price":1549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Thermostat_and_Coolant_Change_in_OE_Supplier_565079d5-b4d2-40b9-a905-9da01550f797.jpg?v=1790165570"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-thermostat-and-coolant-change-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Thermostat and Coolant Change in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the thermostat and fresh coolant while the system is open, which is an hour of free labour and a part that is the same age as the pump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 11.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544394588,"sku":"WBD-TBK-017-PO","price":1799.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544427356,"sku":"WBD-TBK-017-PF","price":2324.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Thermostat_and_Coolant_Change_in_Genuine_Boxed_d489fe02-1b50-4db1-b7d9-d2e53003e9de.jpg?v=1790165570"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-thermostat-and-coolant-change-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Thermostat and Coolant Change in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the thermostat and fresh coolant while the system is open, which is an hour of free labour and a part that is the same age as the pump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 12.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544492892,"sku":"WBD-TBK-018-PO","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544525660,"sku":"WBD-TBK-018-PF","price":1924.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Thermostat_and_Coolant_Change_in_Uprated_06372241-c2c2-48ff-9de0-e21e9b0f9706.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"wet-timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-pickup-inspection-in-oe-supplier","title":"Wet Timing Belt Kit with an Oil Pickup Inspection in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt in oil, plus dropping the sump to look at the pickup strainer, because a wet belt sheds into the oil long before it breaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: Some of the later engines in this group run a belt in oil, either driving the camshafts or driving the oil pump. A belt in oil sheds material as it ages and the material collects in the oil pickup strainer, which starves the engine of oil long before the belt actually breaks. If your engine has one, the interval is shorter than people expect and the oil pickup is worth inspecting at the same time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544591196,"sku":"WBD-TBK-019-PO","price":1349.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544623964,"sku":"WBD-TBK-019-PF","price":1749.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Wet_Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_Pickup_Inspection_in_OE_Supplier_3e66bd92-6bbf-449e-aba0-d1e4a09b7d96.jpg?v=1790165570"},{"product_id":"wet-timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-pickup-inspection-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Wet Timing Belt Kit with an Oil Pickup Inspection in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt in oil, plus dropping the sump to look at the pickup strainer, because a wet belt sheds into the oil long before it breaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: Some of the later engines in this group run a belt in oil, either driving the camshafts or driving the oil pump. A belt in oil sheds material as it ages and the material collects in the oil pickup strainer, which starves the engine of oil long before the belt actually breaks. If your engine has one, the interval is shorter than people expect and the oil pickup is worth inspecting at the same time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544689500,"sku":"WBD-TBK-020-PO","price":2024.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544722268,"sku":"WBD-TBK-020-PF","price":2624.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Wet_Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_Pickup_Inspection_in_Genuine_Boxed_4e2ed463-4055-402b-bd80-59bd9eb2aa84.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"wet-timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-pickup-inspection-in-uprated","title":"Wet Timing Belt Kit with an Oil Pickup Inspection in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt in oil, plus dropping the sump to look at the pickup strainer, because a wet belt sheds into the oil long before it breaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: Some of the later engines in this group run a belt in oil, either driving the camshafts or driving the oil pump. A belt in oil sheds material as it ages and the material collects in the oil pickup strainer, which starves the engine of oil long before the belt actually breaks. If your engine has one, the interval is shorter than people expect and the oil pickup is worth inspecting at the same time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 10.3 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544755036,"sku":"WBD-TBK-021-PO","price":1674.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544787804,"sku":"WBD-TBK-021-PF","price":2174.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Wet_Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_Pickup_Inspection_in_Uprated_09484391-3563-4008-856c-f654a1e1ba8d.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-and-filter-service-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with an Oil and Filter Service in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt job plus a full oil service, which is the sensible pairing and is cheaper together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 13.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544853340,"sku":"WBD-TBK-022-PO","price":1149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544886108,"sku":"WBD-TBK-022-PF","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_and_Filter_Service_in_OE_Supplier_91b4ec15-37de-46c9-9eaa-40708236534b.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-and-filter-service-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit with an Oil and Filter Service in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt job plus a full oil service, which is the sensible pairing and is cheaper together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 14.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218544951644,"sku":"WBD-TBK-023-PO","price":1724.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218544984412,"sku":"WBD-TBK-023-PF","price":2224.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_and_Filter_Service_in_Genuine_Boxed_f9be4c81-54cb-4c42-90a9-c4bd53ffb68e.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-an-oil-and-filter-service-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with an Oil and Filter Service in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt job plus a full oil service, which is the sensible pairing and is cheaper together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 15.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218546164060,"sku":"WBD-TBK-024-PO","price":1424.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218546196828,"sku":"WBD-TBK-024-PF","price":1849.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_an_Oil_and_Filter_Service_in_Uprated_0f1be564-ff50-4327-9ee0-9c6d46d95481.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-v6-diesel-with-fitting-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a V6 Diesel with Fitting in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the V6, where the belt lives at the back of the engine and the front end goes into service position, which is why it costs what it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: eight to eleven hours on the V6, because the front end goes into service position and the belt is at the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 14.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218546262364,"sku":"WBD-TBK-025-PO","price":1799.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218546295132,"sku":"WBD-TBK-025-PF","price":2324.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-v6-diesel-with-fitting-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a V6 Diesel with Fitting in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the V6, where the belt lives at the back of the engine and the front end goes into service position, which is why it costs what it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: eight to eleven hours on the V6, because the front end goes into service position and the belt is at the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 14.9 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218547343708,"sku":"WBD-TBK-026-PO","price":2699.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218547376476,"sku":"WBD-TBK-026-PF","price":3499.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-for-a-v6-diesel-with-fitting-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit for a V6 Diesel with Fitting in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the V6, where the belt lives at the back of the engine and the front end goes into service position, which is why it costs what it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: eight to eleven hours on the V6, because the front end goes into service position and the belt is at the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 16.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218547442012,"sku":"WBD-TBK-027-PO","price":2224.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218547474780,"sku":"WBD-TBK-027-PF","price":2899.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-crankshaft-seal-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Crankshaft Seal in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the front crank seal while the covers are off, which is twelve pounds now and an entire repeat job later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218547540316,"sku":"WBD-TBK-028-PO","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218547573084,"sku":"WBD-TBK-028-PF","price":1549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Crankshaft_Seal_in_OE_Supplier_14dbfd22-09dd-4235-8164-c6db04bbfc93.jpg?v=1790165571"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-crankshaft-seal-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Crankshaft Seal in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the front crank seal while the covers are off, which is twelve pounds now and an entire repeat job later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.0 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218547638620,"sku":"WBD-TBK-029-PO","price":1799.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218547671388,"sku":"WBD-TBK-029-PF","price":2324.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-crankshaft-seal-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Crankshaft Seal in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the front crank seal while the covers are off, which is twelve pounds now and an entire repeat job later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.7 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218548064604,"sku":"WBD-TBK-032-PO","price":1649.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218548097372,"sku":"WBD-TBK-032-PF","price":2124.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Five_Year_Reminder_Service_in_Genuine_Boxed_f119fbe7-2e83-4079-84c1-c4d1e8db9dd8.jpg?v=1790165572"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-five-year-reminder-service-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Five Year Reminder Service in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the belt, plus we diarise the five year date and tell you, because time kills more belts on this group than mileage does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 9.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218548130140,"sku":"WBD-TBK-033-PO","price":1349.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218548162908,"sku":"WBD-TBK-033-PF","price":1774.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Five_Year_Reminder_Service_in_Uprated_bcb936e4-5045-41c3-9892-faf198dd45e3.jpg?v=1790165572"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-water-pump-and-thermostat-housing-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Water Pump and Thermostat Housing in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the plastic thermostat housing as well, which warps and weeps and is right there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 12.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: supplied in the group's own packaging with the group part number on it. Worth the premium where a warranty claim, a lease return or a full main dealer history depends on it, and not otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 12.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218549211484,"sku":"WBD-TBK-035-PO","price":1949.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218549244252,"sku":"WBD-TBK-035-PF","price":2524.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Water_Pump_and_Thermostat_Housing_in_Genuine_Boxed_3aaa2a0c-473b-4411-87c1-9a95af4052db.jpg?v=1790165572"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-kit-with-a-water-pump-and-thermostat-housing-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Kit with a Water Pump and Thermostat Housing in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing belt kit: the plastic thermostat housing as well, which warps and weeps and is right there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above. This kit is a platform part rather than a model part, which is why one listing covers four badges. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI common rail, 1.9 TDI Pumpe Duse, and the belt driven petrol engines. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: the revised part number, which on this group matters more than on most. A great many of these components were superseded because the original failed, and the listing says exactly what changed and when\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours, and the tensioning procedure is the part that cannot be rushed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: no coding, but the adaptation channels should be reset with a diagnostic system afterwards or the car keeps running on values it learned from the failed part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and filter, the crankshaft bolt which is single use on most of these, and the auxiliary belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. Reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every five years or at the mileage in your handbook, whichever comes first. On this group the five years is the number that catches people out, because a low mileage car looks like it has years left and does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 13.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the water pump: Do the water pump with the belt. It is driven by the belt, it is behind the same covers, it is a fraction of the parts cost and it is most of the labour. A water pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change means paying the belt labour again, and it is the commonest false economy in this shop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterference engines: every engine on this page is one. A snapped belt means valves meeting pistons, and the repair starts at a cylinder head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocking tools: the camshaft and crankshaft locking tools are in the kits that say so, and they are not optional on any of these engines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePumpe Duse: if your engine is a 1.9 PD, tell us, because the kit and the procedure are different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive year rule: we diarise it and remind you, because a belt that is out of date on time rather than mileage is the commonest engine failure we see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe timing belt, tensioner and every idler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe water pump and its gasket or O ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe auxiliary belt and tensioner where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea single use crankshaft bolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecamshaft and crankshaft locking tools where included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoolant and an oil service where the kit includes them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with torque figures and the tensioning sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours on most of these, eight to eleven on the V6. The tensioning procedure and the single use crankshaft bolt are the two steps that decide whether the belt lasts the interval, and both are in the instructions with the figures. Choose the fitted option and we do it, and we diarise the five year date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decisions matter here and price is neither of them. The first is whether to change the water pump, and the answer is always yes: it is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, and a pump that fails eighteen months later means paying the whole labour again. The second is metal impeller against plastic, and on an engine you intend to keep the metal one removes the failure rather than resetting its clock. The timing belt is the single most important scheduled job on most of these engines and it is governed by time as well as mileage. Five years is the figure that matters on a low mileage car, and a belt that has done 30,000 miles in eight years is a belt that is out of date. Every one of these engines is an interference design, which means a snapped belt puts valves into pistons and turns a three hundred pound job into a cylinder head or an engine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218549965148,"sku":"WBD-TBK-036-PO","price":1599.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218549997916,"sku":"WBD-TBK-036-PF","price":2099.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Kit_with_a_Water_Pump_and_Thermostat_Housing_in_Uprated_65a511a7-03d4-44bf-9408-7ab1d45ffa43.jpg?v=1790165572"},{"product_id":"front-suspension-overhaul-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Front Suspension Overhaul Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chassis overhaul: both front arms, bushes, drop links, top mounts and dampers, which is the honest fix for a car that has started to wander.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on suspension the platform is the part number. A Golf arm and an Octavia arm on the same platform are the same arm. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: not engine dependent, but the specification is: the same platform with a 2.0 TDI has different spring rates from a 1.0 TSI. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: none required. Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. Suspension is not scheduled and is a wear item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 27.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform parts: this is where the group's shared platforms save you real money, because the arm that costs one price in an Audi box costs another in a Skoda box and is the same arm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear springs: on several of these platforms the rear springs snap, and they snap inward into the tyre. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on suspension the platform is the part number. A Golf arm and an Octavia arm on the same platform are the same arm. This part is shared across the group. 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Road legal, emissions equipment intact, and we will not supply anything that is not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: none required. Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. 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Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. 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Cheaper, generally good, and we say where the differences are rather than pretending there are none\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: none required. Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. 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Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. 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Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the electronic parking brake is retracted with a diagnostic tool before a rear caliper is opened. 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Winding it back by hand destroys the actuator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. 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We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on suspension the platform is the part number. A Golf arm and an Octavia arm on the same platform are the same arm. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: not engine dependent, but the specification is: the same platform with a 2.0 TDI has different spring rates from a 1.0 TSI. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the electronic parking brake is retracted with a diagnostic tool before a rear caliper is opened. Winding it back by hand destroys the actuator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. 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If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. 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Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: not engine dependent, but the specification is: the same platform with a 2.0 TDI has different spring rates from a 1.0 TSI. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: uprated beyond the original specification for output or durability. 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Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. Suspension is not scheduled and is a wear item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 40.9 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform parts: this is where the group's shared platforms save you real money, because the arm that costs one price in an Audi box costs another in a Skoda box and is the same arm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear springs: on several of these platforms the rear springs snap, and they snap inward into the tyre. If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. On tier, buy OE supplier dampers because the cheap ones are genuinely worse, and premium aftermarket arms and links because they are genuinely fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218613895516,"sku":"WBD-SUS-013-PO","price":1899.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218613928284,"sku":"WBD-SUS-013-PF","price":2474.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"suspension-overhaul-kit-with-a-geometry-setup-in-oe-supplier","title":"Suspension Overhaul Kit with a Geometry Setup in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chassis overhaul: the parts plus a four wheel alignment afterwards, which is not optional after changing arms and is skipped constantly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. We are not Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda, and we are not appointed by any of them. Those are their trademarks and what we sell are parts that fit their cars. The useful thing about this group is that four badges share platforms and share parts, so the same component fits a Golf, an A3, a Leon and an Octavia and costs four different amounts at four different counters. We list it once, at one price, and tell you which platform it belongs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification and fitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits: Golf Mk5 Mk6 Mk7 Mk8, Passat B6 B7 B8, A3 8P 8V 8Y, A4 B8 B9, Leon 1P 5F KL, Octavia 1Z 5E NX, and the other group cars on the same platforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on suspension the platform is the part number. A Golf arm and an Octavia arm on the same platform are the same arm. This part is shared across the group. The Volkswagen, the Audi, the Seat and the Skoda all take it, it is the same component in four different boxes, and the price here is the same whichever badge is on your car. Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: not engine dependent, but the specification is: the same platform with a 2.0 TDI has different spring rates from a 1.0 TSI. This group changes specification mid production and does it on a platform basis rather than a model year basis, so two cars registered the same week can take different parts. Send us the VIN with the order and we check the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction dates: 2003 to 2022 depending on platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuality: made by the firm that supplies the group, in that firm's own box rather than a dealer box. Same casting, same line, and on a group that shares parts across four brands this is where the saving actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: cross referenced to the group part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch. We do not print one number against a listing that covers several supersessions, because on this group the supersessions are the whole point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe failure this addresses: wandering at motorway speed, a knock over broken surfaces, uneven inner edge tyre wear, a snapped rear spring, a long pedal or a judder under braking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours an axle, a full day for four corners, plus an hour on the geometry rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: none required. Fit it and drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: single use bolts on every arm, drop link nuts, brake fluid and wear sensors on the brake kits, and a four wheel geometry afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground. Tightening them with the suspension hanging preloads the rubber and tears it within a year, and it is the commonest mistake in the job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: brake fluid every two years because it absorbs water and the boiling point falls. Suspension is not scheduled and is a wear item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 42.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform parts: this is where the group's shared platforms save you real money, because the arm that costs one price in an Audi box costs another in a Skoda box and is the same arm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear springs: on several of these platforms the rear springs snap, and they snap inward into the tyre. If one has gone, replace the pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide height torque: the single most important instruction on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry: changing an arm moves the camber and the toe, and a month on the wrong toe costs a set of tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery arm, bush, link, mount and damper listed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscs, pads, sensors and fluid on the brake kits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts and nuts throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea geometry voucher where the kit includes one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted instructions with the ride height note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour to six hours an axle. Torque the bush bolts at ride height with the wheels on the ground, and on anything with an electronic parking brake retract the caliper with a diagnostic tool before opening it. Then book the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the clearest example of why buying on platform rather than on badge saves money. The front arm on an MQB Golf, an MQB A3, an MQB Leon and an MQB Octavia is one part, and the four counters will quote you four prices for it. On tier, buy OE supplier dampers because the cheap ones are genuinely worse, and premium aftermarket arms and links because they are genuinely fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Parts only","offer_id":59218614026588,"sku":"WBD-SUS-014-PO","price":1249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Parts and fitting at our workshop","offer_id":59218614059356,"sku":"WBD-SUS-014-PF","price":1624.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/wolfsburgdirect.com\/collections\/shared.oembed","provider":"Wolfsburg Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}