{"title":"Under 100 pounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eSensors, filters, seals and service items under one hundred pounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"oil-filter-and-sump-plug-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Oil Filter and Sump Plug Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the element, both housing O rings and a new sump plug with its washer, which is the part people reuse and then wonder about the drip.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.3 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218620645724,"sku":"WBD-FIL-001-VW","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218620678492,"sku":"WBD-FIL-001-AU","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218620711260,"sku":"WBD-FIL-001-SE","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218620744028,"sku":"WBD-FIL-001-SK","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Oil_Filter_and_Sump_Plug_Kit_in_OE_Supplier_b8af3be8-bb59-44cf-b294-bc08d5034dfd.jpg?v=1790165822"},{"product_id":"oil-filter-and-sump-plug-kit-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Oil Filter and Sump Plug Kit in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the element, both housing O rings and a new sump plug with its washer, which is the part people reuse and then wonder about the drip.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.3 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218620809564,"sku":"WBD-FIL-002-VW","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218620842332,"sku":"WBD-FIL-002-AU","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218620875100,"sku":"WBD-FIL-002-SE","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218620907868,"sku":"WBD-FIL-002-SK","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Oil_Filter_and_Sump_Plug_Kit_in_Premium_Aftermarket_04a1ffd3-68d1-4c20-908b-3f56efbd9529.jpg?v=1790165823"},{"product_id":"air-filter-element-in-oe-supplier","title":"Air Filter Element in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: a paper element to the original specification, because an oiled cotton panel filter contaminates a hot film air mass meter and then costs you one.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.5 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218620940636,"sku":"WBD-FIL-003-VW","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218620973404,"sku":"WBD-FIL-003-AU","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621006172,"sku":"WBD-FIL-003-SE","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621038940,"sku":"WBD-FIL-003-SK","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Air_Filter_Element_in_OE_Supplier_1f219fcb-393b-476b-bfa4-2423dbd8a055.jpg?v=1790165823"},{"product_id":"air-filter-element-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Air Filter Element in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: a paper element to the original specification, because an oiled cotton panel filter contaminates a hot film air mass meter and then costs you one.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.5 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621071708,"sku":"WBD-FIL-004-VW","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621104476,"sku":"WBD-FIL-004-AU","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621137244,"sku":"WBD-FIL-004-SE","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621170012,"sku":"WBD-FIL-004-SK","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Air_Filter_Element_in_Premium_Aftermarket_bc65456a-ac17-4958-8e5f-f22586f98aeb.jpg?v=1790165823"},{"product_id":"cabin-filter-with-activated-carbon-in-oe-supplier","title":"Cabin Filter with Activated Carbon in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: carbon rather than plain paper, and worth doing annually because a blocked one is why the air conditioning smells in spring.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621202780,"sku":"WBD-FIL-005-VW","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621235548,"sku":"WBD-FIL-005-AU","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621268316,"sku":"WBD-FIL-005-SE","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621301084,"sku":"WBD-FIL-005-SK","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Cabin_Filter_with_Activated_Carbon_in_OE_Supplier_465cafbf-24c3-4c52-9017-046f8c83d03f.jpg?v=1790165822"},{"product_id":"cabin-filter-with-activated-carbon-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Cabin Filter with Activated Carbon in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: carbon rather than plain paper, and worth doing annually because a blocked one is why the air conditioning smells in spring.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621366620,"sku":"WBD-FIL-006-VW","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621399388,"sku":"WBD-FIL-006-AU","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621432156,"sku":"WBD-FIL-006-SE","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621464924,"sku":"WBD-FIL-006-SK","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Cabin_Filter_with_Activated_Carbon_in_Premium_Aftermarket_7adae609-af57-41e9-934a-f7f50e049947.jpg?v=1790165823"},{"product_id":"fuel-filter-for-a-common-rail-diesel-in-oe-supplier","title":"Fuel Filter for a Common Rail Diesel in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the filter with the water separator, which on a common rail diesel is the only thing between bad fuel and a four figure injector bill.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621497692,"sku":"WBD-FIL-007-VW","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621530460,"sku":"WBD-FIL-007-AU","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621563228,"sku":"WBD-FIL-007-SE","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621595996,"sku":"WBD-FIL-007-SK","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"fuel-filter-for-a-common-rail-diesel-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Fuel Filter for a Common Rail Diesel in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the filter with the water separator, which on a common rail diesel is the only thing between bad fuel and a four figure injector bill.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621694300,"sku":"WBD-FIL-008-VW","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621727068,"sku":"WBD-FIL-008-AU","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621759836,"sku":"WBD-FIL-008-SE","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621792604,"sku":"WBD-FIL-008-SK","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"spark-plug-set-for-a-four-cylinder-tsi-in-oe-supplier","title":"Spark Plug Set for a Four Cylinder TSI in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: a matched set to the correct heat range, which differs between the 1.4 and the 2.0 and between the generations of each.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218621825372,"sku":"WBD-FIL-009-VW","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218621858140,"sku":"WBD-FIL-009-AU","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218621890908,"sku":"WBD-FIL-009-SE","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218621923676,"sku":"WBD-FIL-009-SK","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"spark-plug-set-for-a-four-cylinder-tsi-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Spark Plug Set for a Four Cylinder TSI in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: a matched set to the correct heat range, which differs between the 1.4 and the 2.0 and between the generations of each.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218622153052,"sku":"WBD-FIL-010-VW","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218622185820,"sku":"WBD-FIL-010-AU","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218622218588,"sku":"WBD-FIL-010-SE","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218622251356,"sku":"WBD-FIL-010-SK","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"auxiliary-belt-and-tensioner-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Auxiliary Belt and Tensioner Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: belt, tensioner and idler, because a new belt on a worn tensioner squeals within a month and shreds within a year.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. 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Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218622546268,"sku":"WBD-FIL-013-VW","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218622579036,"sku":"WBD-FIL-013-AU","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218622611804,"sku":"WBD-FIL-013-SE","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218622644572,"sku":"WBD-FIL-013-SK","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Auxiliary_Belt_and_Tensioner_Kit_in_OE_Supplier_20e42f92-c9e8-46eb-9dd7-5cdb5119d5e5.jpg?v=1790165882"},{"product_id":"auxiliary-belt-and-tensioner-kit-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Auxiliary Belt and Tensioner Kit in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: belt, tensioner and idler, because a new belt on a worn tensioner squeals within a month and shreds within a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218622677340,"sku":"WBD-FIL-014-VW","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218622710108,"sku":"WBD-FIL-014-AU","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218622742876,"sku":"WBD-FIL-014-SE","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218622775644,"sku":"WBD-FIL-014-SK","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Auxiliary_Belt_and_Tensioner_Kit_in_Premium_Aftermarket_0848e37c-a7ea-4c0e-8b29-fa0c0c9acde9.jpg?v=1790165882"},{"product_id":"engine-oil-service-kit-with-oil-in-oe-supplier","title":"Engine Oil Service Kit with Oil in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the correct group approval oil for your engine with the filter to match, which is the commonest order on this site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 7.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218622808412,"sku":"WBD-FIL-015-VW","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218622841180,"sku":"WBD-FIL-015-AU","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218622873948,"sku":"WBD-FIL-015-SE","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218622906716,"sku":"WBD-FIL-015-SK","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Engine_Oil_Service_Kit_with_Oil_in_OE_Supplier_ce5ea1b0-028c-4094-a472-d5d52f1cbb8c.jpg?v=1790165882"},{"product_id":"engine-oil-service-kit-with-oil-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Engine Oil Service Kit with Oil in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the correct group approval oil for your engine with the filter to match, which is the commonest order on this site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. 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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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. 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A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 5.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218623070556,"sku":"WBD-FIL-017-VW","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218623103324,"sku":"WBD-FIL-017-AU","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218623136092,"sku":"WBD-FIL-017-SE","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218623168860,"sku":"WBD-FIL-017-SK","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Low_Ash_Engine_Oil_for_a_Diesel_with_a_Particulate_Filter_in_OE_Supplier_9f962bf3-8860-4547-903d-f3a232cffcb6.jpg?v=1790165882"},{"product_id":"low-ash-engine-oil-for-a-diesel-with-a-particulate-filter-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Low Ash Engine Oil for a Diesel with a Particulate Filter in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the low ash specification, because the wrong oil puts ash into a particulate filter faster than the engine does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 5.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. 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A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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. 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Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218623463772,"sku":"WBD-FIL-020-VW","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218623496540,"sku":"WBD-FIL-020-AU","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218623529308,"sku":"WBD-FIL-020-SE","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218623562076,"sku":"WBD-FIL-020-SK","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Brake_Fluid_with_a_Bleed_Kit_in_Premium_Aftermarket_dc436a6e-6da2-4413-8d3f-df25647c48d7.jpg?v=1790165882"},{"product_id":"haldex-twenty-thousand-mile-service-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Haldex Twenty Thousand Mile Service Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the interval almost nobody keeps, in a box, with the right fluid rather than a gear oil.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218623594844,"sku":"WBD-FIL-021-VW","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218623627612,"sku":"WBD-FIL-021-AU","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218623660380,"sku":"WBD-FIL-021-SE","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218623693148,"sku":"WBD-FIL-021-SK","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Twenty_Thousand_Mile_Service_Kit_in_OE_Supplier_ae51988b-cd89-4c95-be05-3e69356ed8eb.jpg?v=1790165883"},{"product_id":"haldex-twenty-thousand-mile-service-kit-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Haldex Twenty Thousand Mile Service Kit in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: the interval almost nobody keeps, in a box, with the right fluid rather than a gear oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are an independent parts supplier. 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Choose your badge above for your records, not because it changes anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngine: 1.6 and 2.0 TDI, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. 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A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218623725916,"sku":"WBD-FIL-022-VW","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218623758684,"sku":"WBD-FIL-022-AU","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218623791452,"sku":"WBD-FIL-022-SE","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218623824220,"sku":"WBD-FIL-022-SK","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Twenty_Thousand_Mile_Service_Kit_in_Premium_Aftermarket_59e1d382-4969-4d0e-a9bd-4afe2c8f4919.jpg?v=1790165883"},{"product_id":"fixed-interval-service-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Fixed Interval Service Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: oil, filter and the parts for a fixed schedule service rather than a long life one, which on a town car is the better schedule by a wide margin.\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 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. 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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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218624348508,"sku":"WBD-FIL-025-VW","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218624381276,"sku":"WBD-FIL-025-AU","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218624414044,"sku":"WBD-FIL-025-SE","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218624446812,"sku":"WBD-FIL-025-SK","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Fixed_Interval_Service_Kit_in_OE_Supplier_c4dc4ac4-d83d-4c14-a448-98e6163adb59.jpg?v=1790165883"},{"product_id":"fixed-interval-service-kit-in-premium-aftermarket","title":"Fixed Interval Service Kit in Premium Aftermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA service item: oil, filter and the parts for a fixed schedule service rather than a long life one, which on a town car is the better schedule by a wide margin.\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 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, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 TSI, and the 1.9 PD where stated. 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: a well regarded aftermarket brand that is not the original supplier. 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: a service interval, or the symptom the part causes once it is past it: a misfire from a tired coil, a squeal from a worn tensioner, a blocked particulate filter from the wrong oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: fifteen minutes to an hour and a half depending on the item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: the service interval and the oil quality channel are reset through the diagnostic system rather than the dashboard button sequence, because the button only clears the display and leaves the underlying counter where it was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: O rings and washers where they apply, and they are in the kit rather than sold separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the plastic oil filter housing cap is torqued to its figure and not a grunt more. Cracking it is the commonest self inflicted oil leak on this group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: as the schedule says, and the schedule is the argument. The group's long life servicing regime stretches the oil interval on the basis of how the car has been driven. It suits a motorway car and it is actively bad for a car doing short cold journeys, which is most cars. A great many tired engines in this group are tired because they were serviced to the long life schedule in town. Switching to the fixed schedule costs one extra oil change every two years and it is the cheapest thing you can do for one of these engines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 8.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil approvals: this group runs a long list of approval numbers and they are not interchangeable. A diesel with a particulate filter needs a low ash oil and the wrong one costs a filter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two forgotten fluids: DSG at 40,000 miles and Haldex at 20,000. Neither is in the basic schedule and both are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable filters: we do not stock oiled cotton panel filters, because the oil migrates onto the air mass meter and ruins it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne part, 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery O ring, washer and seal the job needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct oil or fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea torque figure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes to an hour and a half. The oil filter housing cap wants a torque wrench and the figure on the card, because cracking it happens on the bench and shows up as an oil warning three weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eService parts are where the shared platform pays you back most obviously: the filter that fits a Golf fits the Octavia and the Leon and the A3, and the four counters quote four prices for the same box. Buy OE supplier unless a warranty or a lease return depends on the badge on the box. Four words get used loosely in this trade. Genuine means in the group's box with the group number on it. OE means the same part from the firm that actually makes it, in that firm's box, usually 30 to 40 per cent cheaper. Aftermarket means somebody else's version, sometimes as good and sometimes not. Remanufactured means a core stripped, measured and rebuilt to specification. Every listing here says which of the four you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Volkswagen","offer_id":59218624479580,"sku":"WBD-FIL-026-VW","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audi","offer_id":59218624512348,"sku":"WBD-FIL-026-AU","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seat","offer_id":59218624545116,"sku":"WBD-FIL-026-SE","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Skoda","offer_id":59218624577884,"sku":"WBD-FIL-026-SK","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Fixed_Interval_Service_Kit_in_Premium_Aftermarket_19c06ecc-60f0-440d-88c9-6a843f4e7067.jpg?v=1790165883"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the belt on its own, for somebody who has the rest and knows exactly what they are doing, which is fewer people than buy it.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218624643420,"sku":"WBD-TBC-001-MQB","price":47.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218624676188,"sku":"WBD-TBC-001-PQ35","price":43.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218624708956,"sku":"WBD-TBC-001-PQ46","price":48.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218624741724,"sku":"WBD-TBC-001-MLB","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"timing-belt-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the belt on its own, for somebody who has the rest and knows exactly what they are doing, which is fewer people than buy it.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.7 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218624774492,"sku":"WBD-TBC-002-MQB","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218624807260,"sku":"WBD-TBC-002-PQ35","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218624840028,"sku":"WBD-TBC-002-PQ46","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218624872796,"sku":"WBD-TBC-002-MLB","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"belt-driven-water-pump-with-a-metal-impeller-in-oe-supplier","title":"Belt Driven Water Pump with a Metal Impeller in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: metal where the factory used plastic, because a plastic impeller sheds its blades into the cooling system and blocks the radiator.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625200476,"sku":"WBD-TBC-005-MQB","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625233244,"sku":"WBD-TBC-005-PQ35","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625266012,"sku":"WBD-TBC-005-PQ46","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625298780,"sku":"WBD-TBC-005-MLB","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Belt_Driven_Water_Pump_with_a_Metal_Impeller_in_OE_Supplier_e490e6d1-4120-457e-8203-3cbdd42ee5c0.jpg?v=1790165884"},{"product_id":"belt-driven-water-pump-with-a-metal-impeller-in-uprated","title":"Belt Driven Water Pump with a Metal Impeller in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: metal where the factory used plastic, because a plastic impeller sheds its blades into the cooling system and blocks the radiator.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 2.0 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625331548,"sku":"WBD-TBC-006-MQB","price":109.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625364316,"sku":"WBD-TBC-006-PQ35","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625397084,"sku":"WBD-TBC-006-PQ46","price":109.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625429852,"sku":"WBD-TBC-006-MLB","price":124.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Belt_Driven_Water_Pump_with_a_Metal_Impeller_in_Uprated_452a17f6-8de2-49b4-bd2f-6871e5f2c6bc.jpg?v=1790165884"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-tensioner-in-oe-supplier","title":"Timing Belt Tensioner in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the tensioner, which is the part that actually fails and takes the belt with it.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.5 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625495388,"sku":"WBD-TBC-007-MQB","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625528156,"sku":"WBD-TBC-007-PQ35","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625560924,"sku":"WBD-TBC-007-PQ46","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625593692,"sku":"WBD-TBC-007-MLB","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Tensioner_in_OE_Supplier_e7b17704-39a5-4359-a995-eb553fad5a33.jpg?v=1790165884"},{"product_id":"timing-belt-tensioner-in-uprated","title":"Timing Belt Tensioner in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the tensioner, which is the part that actually fails and takes the belt with it.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625626460,"sku":"WBD-TBC-008-MQB","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625659228,"sku":"WBD-TBC-008-PQ35","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625691996,"sku":"WBD-TBC-008-PQ46","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625724764,"sku":"WBD-TBC-008-MLB","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Timing_Belt_Tensioner_in_Uprated_a40d900a-c8c3-4686-9835-ba0873db14d2.jpg?v=1790165884"},{"product_id":"single-use-crankshaft-bolt-in-oe-supplier","title":"Single Use Crankshaft Bolt in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: single use, torqued then angled, and reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. 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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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625757532,"sku":"WBD-TBC-009-MQB","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625790300,"sku":"WBD-TBC-009-PQ35","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625823068,"sku":"WBD-TBC-009-PQ46","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625855836,"sku":"WBD-TBC-009-MLB","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"single-use-crankshaft-bolt-in-uprated","title":"Single Use Crankshaft Bolt in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: single use, torqued then angled, and reusing one is how a correctly fitted belt still ends in a cylinder head.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218625888604,"sku":"WBD-TBC-010-MQB","price":26.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218625921372,"sku":"WBD-TBC-010-PQ35","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218625954140,"sku":"WBD-TBC-010-PQ46","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218625986908,"sku":"WBD-TBC-010-MLB","price":31.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"pumpe-duse-tensioning-tool-in-oe-supplier","title":"Pumpe Duse Tensioning Tool in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the tool and the procedure for the PD engine, whose belt also drives the tandem pump and which does not forgive an 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 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. 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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: 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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. 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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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.9 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 early EA888 and the EA111 use a timing chain with a tensioner that was revised because the original could release under load and let the chain jump. The symptom is a rattle for a second or two on start up, and the window between that rattle and a bent valve is not as long as people hope. The revised tensioner is a different part number and it is what we supply.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218626806108,"sku":"WBD-TBC-015-MQB","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218626838876,"sku":"WBD-TBC-015-PQ35","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218626871644,"sku":"WBD-TBC-015-PQ46","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218626904412,"sku":"WBD-TBC-015-MLB","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Revised_Specification_Timing_Chain_Tensioner_in_OE_Supplier_21f9b2d9-de85-4fb1-8b7e-1ef61c26cfe5.jpg?v=1790165885"},{"product_id":"revised-specification-timing-chain-tensioner-in-uprated","title":"Revised Specification Timing Chain Tensioner in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the updated part number rather than the one that was superseded for releasing under load, which is the failure you are fixing.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 early EA888 and the EA111 use a timing chain with a tensioner that was revised because the original could release under load and let the chain jump. The symptom is a rattle for a second or two on start up, and the window between that rattle and a bent valve is not as long as people hope. The revised tensioner is a different part number and it is what we supply.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: four to six hours for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in 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. 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.3 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218627887452,"sku":"WBD-TBC-023-MQB","price":41.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218627920220,"sku":"WBD-TBC-023-PQ35","price":38.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218627952988,"sku":"WBD-TBC-023-PQ46","price":42.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218627985756,"sku":"WBD-TBC-023-MLB","price":48.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Front_Crankshaft_Seal_with_a_Fitting_Tool_in_OE_Supplier_dcd07cb9-f92a-4e43-9cd4-395f439d051b.jpg?v=1790165886"},{"product_id":"front-crankshaft-seal-with-a-fitting-tool-in-uprated","title":"Front Crankshaft Seal with a Fitting Tool in Uprated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timing component: the seal and the tool that drives it in square, because one knocked in crooked leaks from the day it is fitted.\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 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 PD, 1.4 1.8 and 2.0 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 and engine\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 for a belt from the front, six to nine for a chain\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: the single use crankshaft bolt, coolant where the pump is disturbed, engine oil and a filter afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the crankshaft bolt is torqued then angled and is single use on almost every engine here. The figures are in the instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: the belt is every five years or the handbook mileage, whichever comes first, and the five years catches more people than the mileage does. A chain is not scheduled, which is part of why the tensioner problem caught so many out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.3 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the kit, not the belt: 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 or a jumped chain means valves meeting pistons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised tensioner: on the chain engines, check the part number you already have. If it is the original, it was superseded for a reason and that reason is why you are here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet belts: 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\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egaskets and seals disturbed by the job\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 for a belt, six to nine for a chain. The locking tools are not optional on any of these engines and they are on this page. The crankshaft bolt is single use, and it is the cheapest part in the job and the most expensive one to reuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying a belt, buy the kit with the water pump in it. The pump is belt driven, it is behind the same covers, it is a small part of the parts cost and almost all of the labour, and a pump that fails eighteen months after a belt change is the commonest false economy we see. 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":"MQB, Golf 7 and 8, A3 8V and 8Y, Leon 5F and KL, Octavia 5E and NX","offer_id":59218628051292,"sku":"WBD-TBC-024-MQB","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ35, Golf 5 and 6, A3 8P, Leon 1P, Octavia 1Z","offer_id":59218628084060,"sku":"WBD-TBC-024-PQ35","price":47.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"PQ46, Passat B6 and B7","offer_id":59218628116828,"sku":"WBD-TBC-024-PQ46","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MLB, A4 B8 and B9, A5, A6","offer_id":59218628149596,"sku":"WBD-TBC-024-MLB","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Front_Crankshaft_Seal_with_a_Fitting_Tool_in_Uprated_695dba87-b95a-4643-974e-d25263e07f32.jpg?v=1790165886"},{"product_id":"dsg-fluid-at-five-litres-in-oe-supplier","title":"DSG Fluid at Five Litres in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the exact specification for your box, which is not a universal ATF and which the gearbox will notice inside a thousand miles.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 5.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218628608348,"sku":"WBD-TRN-005-DQ250","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218628641116,"sku":"WBD-TRN-005-DQ200","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218628673884,"sku":"WBD-TRN-005-DQ500","price":114.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/DSG_Fluid_at_Five_Litres_in_OE_Supplier_0b8c92fc-6693-48b4-856e-f4d43027e21c.jpg?v=1790165887"},{"product_id":"mechatronic-fluid-for-a-dry-clutch-seven-speed-in-oe-supplier","title":"Mechatronic Fluid for a Dry Clutch Seven Speed in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the small separate fluid charge in the mechatronic unit of the dry clutch box, which is a different thing from the gear oil and is the source of most of the confusion.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218628936028,"sku":"WBD-TRN-007-DQ250","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218628968796,"sku":"WBD-TRN-007-DQ200","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629001564,"sku":"WBD-TRN-007-DQ500","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Mechatronic_Fluid_for_a_Dry_Clutch_Seven_Speed_in_OE_Supplier_195d0652-8a43-4468-b7a5-bdb397a85195.jpg?v=1790165944"},{"product_id":"dsg-temperature-sensor-in-oe-supplier","title":"DSG Temperature Sensor in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the sensor, which reads the fluid temperature the level is set against and which when it drifts gives a box filled to the wrong level.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629132636,"sku":"WBD-TRN-009-DQ250","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218629165404,"sku":"WBD-TRN-009-DQ200","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629198172,"sku":"WBD-TRN-009-DQ500","price":104.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/DSG_Temperature_Sensor_in_OE_Supplier_c1586a9d-a518-4cca-991a-662acf8d5b98.jpg?v=1790165944"},{"product_id":"manual-gearbox-oil-to-the-group-specification-in-oe-supplier","title":"Manual Gearbox Oil to the Group Specification in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the manual box oil, which the group calls a lifetime fill and which demonstrably is not on a car past 100,000 miles.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 2.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629558620,"sku":"WBD-TRN-013-DQ250","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218629591388,"sku":"WBD-TRN-013-DQ200","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629624156,"sku":"WBD-TRN-013-DQ500","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Manual_Gearbox_Oil_to_the_Group_Specification_in_OE_Supplier_40e29168-58ff-423c-bbac-e173df82920f.jpg?v=1790165944"},{"product_id":"manual-gearbox-oil-to-the-group-specification-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Manual Gearbox Oil to the Group Specification in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the manual box oil, which the group calls a lifetime fill and which demonstrably is not on a car past 100,000 miles.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 2.4 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629722460,"sku":"WBD-TRN-014-DQ250","price":109.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218629755228,"sku":"WBD-TRN-014-DQ200","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629787996,"sku":"WBD-TRN-014-DQ500","price":124.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Manual_Gearbox_Oil_to_the_Group_Specification_in_Genuine_Boxed_70498b4c-c751-420f-94ba-c795fc919c9a.jpg?v=1790165944"},{"product_id":"gearbox-fill-adaptor-and-temperature-gauge-in-oe-supplier","title":"Gearbox Fill Adaptor and Temperature Gauge in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the tools that let you set the level at the specified fluid temperature, which is the only correct way and is impossible with a jug.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218629951836,"sku":"WBD-TRN-015-DQ250","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218629984604,"sku":"WBD-TRN-015-DQ200","price":74.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218630017372,"sku":"WBD-TRN-015-DQ500","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Gearbox_Fill_Adaptor_and_Temperature_Gauge_in_OE_Supplier_0b7dd572-9a58-4162-a50f-5493080aca6c.jpg?v=1790165945"},{"product_id":"clutch-slave-cylinder-in-oe-supplier","title":"Clutch Slave Cylinder in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: the concentric slave, which on most of these is inside the bellhousing and is therefore always done with a clutch and never on its own.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218630181212,"sku":"WBD-TRN-017-DQ250","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218630213980,"sku":"WBD-TRN-017-DQ200","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218630246748,"sku":"WBD-TRN-017-DQ500","price":104.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Clutch_Slave_Cylinder_in_OE_Supplier_41a653c2-2789-43c6-9f34-32c6ab39207f.jpg?v=1790165944"},{"product_id":"dual-mass-flywheel-bolt-set-in-oe-supplier","title":"Dual Mass Flywheel Bolt Set in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: single use, torqued then angled, and different from the pressure plate bolts in both figure and length.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218631164252,"sku":"WBD-TRN-021-DQ250","price":33.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218631197020,"sku":"WBD-TRN-021-DQ200","price":31.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218631229788,"sku":"WBD-TRN-021-DQ500","price":39.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Dual_Mass_Flywheel_Bolt_Set_in_OE_Supplier_76669ced-db28-4071-97a4-471f6cdd49bf.jpg?v=1790165945"},{"product_id":"dual-mass-flywheel-bolt-set-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Dual Mass Flywheel Bolt Set in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gearbox part: single use, torqued then angled, and different from the pressure plate bolts in both figure and length.\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 with a DSG or a manual gearbox as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and on gearbox parts the box matters more than the platform. 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. Tell us whether your DSG is a wet clutch or a dry clutch box and we will confirm the kit. 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 and gearbox\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: There are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: two to four hours for a service, five to seven where the box comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct fluid in the correct quantity, the sump gasket and the fill plug seals, all in the kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: sump bolts in sequence to a low figure. Overtightening the alloy sump warps the sealing face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 40,000 miles on the wet clutch boxes. The dry clutch seven speed has no scheduled gear oil change and does have a separate mechatronic fluid, and confusing the two is how unnecessary work gets sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet or dry: the six speed and the later seven speed wet clutch boxes take a proper oil and filter service every 40,000 miles. The dry clutch seven speed does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling to temperature: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running. The adaptor and the gauge are on this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymptoms worth acting on: a shudder pulling away, a hesitation before drive engages, a jerk between first and second, or a limp home in third\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptations: reset and drive a relearn cycle afterwards, or the box shifts on pressures learned from tired fluid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part or fluid as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe sump gasket and fill plug seals where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use bolts where the position uses them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea fill and level procedure card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo to four hours for a service. The fill is what goes wrong: the level is set at a specified fluid temperature with the car level and the engine running, and there is no accurate way to do it with a jug and an opinion. The adaptor and gauge are on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two families of DSG and they want different things. The wet clutch boxes have an oil and filter service that is genuinely due every 40,000 miles and is genuinely skipped. The dry clutch seven speed has a mechatronic unit with its own small fluid charge and a well known failure record, and the symptoms are a shudder from rest, a refusal to select, or a limp home in third. Tell us which box you have and we will tell you which of those it is. The forty thousand mile service on a wet clutch box is the single most worthwhile preventive job on one of these cars and it is skipped on most of them. If yours is a dry clutch seven speed, do not let anybody sell you a gear oil change it does not need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"DQ250 six speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218631295324,"sku":"WBD-TRN-022-DQ250","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ200 seven speed dry clutch","offer_id":59218631328092,"sku":"WBD-TRN-022-DQ200","price":47.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"DQ381 and DQ500 seven speed wet clutch","offer_id":59218631360860,"sku":"WBD-TRN-022-DQ500","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Dual_Mass_Flywheel_Bolt_Set_in_Genuine_Boxed_44ca1862-1a0f-4489-9a21-9b752285171d.jpg?v=1790165946"},{"product_id":"haldex-oil-and-filter-service-kit-in-oe-supplier","title":"Haldex Oil and Filter Service Kit in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA four wheel drive part: the twenty thousand mile service that almost nobody does, with the right fluid rather than a gear oil and the filter for your generation.\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 with four wheel drive, badged 4Motion, quattro, 4Drive or 4x4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and the Haldex generation matters more than the platform does. 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. 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 and generation\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: Haldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: one and a half to three hours, and longer where the clutch pack comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct Haldex oil, the filter or screen for your generation, and new sealing washers which are single use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the pump and filter housing bolts are torqued low. The unit is aluminium and does not forgive an impact driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 20,000 miles on the oil, with the filter where there is one. This is the interval nobody keeps and it is why most Haldex pumps fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.8 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silent failure: when the pump goes the car just becomes front wheel drive. Usually there is no warning light, it drives normally in the dry, and the owner finds out in the first snow, often years later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest rather than assume: a live data read tells you whether drive is reaching the rear axle. On a used four wheel drive car it is worth doing before you buy the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right oil: Haldex fluid is a specific oil. A gear oil or an ATF will damage the clutch pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerations: the earlier systems have a serviceable filter, the later ones a pump screen. We confirm which from the VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe filter or screen for your generation where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use sealing washers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstructions with torque figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne and a half to three hours. Torque the housing bolts low, use new sealing washers, and afterwards test the four wheel drive function with a live data read rather than assuming it works because the part is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened. So the question is what state yours is in. If the oil has been done every 20,000 miles, buy the service kit. If it has never been done on a 90,000 mile car, the pump has probably already failed and the service alone will not bring the drive back. We will read the live data for nothing and tell you which of those you have.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Generation four and five","offer_id":59218631426396,"sku":"WBD-HLC-001-GEN45","price":89.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Generation two and three","offer_id":59218631459164,"sku":"WBD-HLC-001-GEN23","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Oil_and_Filter_Service_Kit_in_OE_Supplier_b9d30a76-58c4-44ab-8adc-8578afce5d80.jpg?v=1790165945"},{"product_id":"haldex-filter-in-oe-supplier","title":"Haldex Filter in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA four wheel drive part: the filter on the generations that have one, and the later ones have a pump screen instead, which is why the VIN matters.\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 with four wheel drive, badged 4Motion, quattro, 4Drive or 4x4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and the Haldex generation matters more than the platform does. 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. 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 and generation\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: Haldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: one and a half to three hours, and longer where the clutch pack comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct Haldex oil, the filter or screen for your generation, and new sealing washers which are single use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the pump and filter housing bolts are torqued low. The unit is aluminium and does not forgive an impact driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 20,000 miles on the oil, with the filter where there is one. This is the interval nobody keeps and it is why most Haldex pumps fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silent failure: when the pump goes the car just becomes front wheel drive. Usually there is no warning light, it drives normally in the dry, and the owner finds out in the first snow, often years later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest rather than assume: a live data read tells you whether drive is reaching the rear axle. On a used four wheel drive car it is worth doing before you buy the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right oil: Haldex fluid is a specific oil. A gear oil or an ATF will damage the clutch pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerations: the earlier systems have a serviceable filter, the later ones a pump screen. We confirm which from the VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe filter or screen for your generation where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use sealing washers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstructions with torque figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne and a half to three hours. Torque the housing bolts low, use new sealing washers, and afterwards test the four wheel drive function with a live data read rather than assuming it works because the part is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened. So the question is what state yours is in. If the oil has been done every 20,000 miles, buy the service kit. If it has never been done on a 90,000 mile car, the pump has probably already failed and the service alone will not bring the drive back. We will read the live data for nothing and tell you which of those you have.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Generation four and five","offer_id":59218631917916,"sku":"WBD-HLC-005-GEN45","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Generation two and three","offer_id":59218631950684,"sku":"WBD-HLC-005-GEN23","price":33.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Filter_in_OE_Supplier_7a315a2f-9573-4757-a1c8-94cf6c0b292c.jpg?v=1790165946"},{"product_id":"haldex-filter-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Haldex Filter in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA four wheel drive part: the filter on the generations that have one, and the later ones have a pump screen instead, which is why the VIN matters.\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 with four wheel drive, badged 4Motion, quattro, 4Drive or 4x4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and the Haldex generation matters more than the platform does. 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. 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 and generation\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: Haldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: one and a half to three hours, and longer where the clutch pack comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct Haldex oil, the filter or screen for your generation, and new sealing washers which are single use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the pump and filter housing bolts are torqued low. The unit is aluminium and does not forgive an impact driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 20,000 miles on the oil, with the filter where there is one. This is the interval nobody keeps and it is why most Haldex pumps fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.2 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silent failure: when the pump goes the car just becomes front wheel drive. Usually there is no warning light, it drives normally in the dry, and the owner finds out in the first snow, often years later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest rather than assume: a live data read tells you whether drive is reaching the rear axle. On a used four wheel drive car it is worth doing before you buy the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right oil: Haldex fluid is a specific oil. A gear oil or an ATF will damage the clutch pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerations: the earlier systems have a serviceable filter, the later ones a pump screen. We confirm which from the VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe filter or screen for your generation where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use sealing washers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstructions with torque figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne and a half to three hours. Torque the housing bolts low, use new sealing washers, and afterwards test the four wheel drive function with a live data read rather than assuming it works because the part is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened. So the question is what state yours is in. If the oil has been done every 20,000 miles, buy the service kit. If it has never been done on a 90,000 mile car, the pump has probably already failed and the service alone will not bring the drive back. We will read the live data for nothing and tell you which of those you have.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Generation four and five","offer_id":59218632048988,"sku":"WBD-HLC-006-GEN45","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Generation two and three","offer_id":59218632081756,"sku":"WBD-HLC-006-GEN23","price":49.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Filter_in_Genuine_Boxed_9af4a656-75c0-4c1c-8fe2-3eca7553c01e.jpg?v=1790165946"},{"product_id":"haldex-oil-at-one-litre-in-oe-supplier","title":"Haldex Oil at One Litre in OE Supplier","description":"\u003cp\u003eA four wheel drive part: the specific fluid, because a gear oil or an ATF in a Haldex unit damages the clutch pack and it happens more than it should.\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 with four wheel drive, badged 4Motion, quattro, 4Drive or 4x4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and the Haldex generation matters more than the platform does. 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. 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 and generation\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: Haldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: one and a half to three hours, and longer where the clutch pack comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct Haldex oil, the filter or screen for your generation, and new sealing washers which are single use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the pump and filter housing bolts are torqued low. The unit is aluminium and does not forgive an impact driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 20,000 miles on the oil, with the filter where there is one. This is the interval nobody keeps and it is why most Haldex pumps fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silent failure: when the pump goes the car just becomes front wheel drive. Usually there is no warning light, it drives normally in the dry, and the owner finds out in the first snow, often years later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest rather than assume: a live data read tells you whether drive is reaching the rear axle. On a used four wheel drive car it is worth doing before you buy the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right oil: Haldex fluid is a specific oil. A gear oil or an ATF will damage the clutch pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerations: the earlier systems have a serviceable filter, the later ones a pump screen. We confirm which from the VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe filter or screen for your generation where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use sealing washers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstructions with torque figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne and a half to three hours. Torque the housing bolts low, use new sealing washers, and afterwards test the four wheel drive function with a live data read rather than assuming it works because the part is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened. So the question is what state yours is in. If the oil has been done every 20,000 miles, buy the service kit. If it has never been done on a 90,000 mile car, the pump has probably already failed and the service alone will not bring the drive back. We will read the live data for nothing and tell you which of those you have.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Generation four and five","offer_id":59218632147292,"sku":"WBD-HLC-007-GEN45","price":47.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Generation two and three","offer_id":59218632180060,"sku":"WBD-HLC-007-GEN23","price":42.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Oil_at_One_Litre_in_OE_Supplier_8c88daa0-2ef8-4589-841b-c31defb049e0.jpg?v=1790165945"},{"product_id":"haldex-oil-at-one-litre-in-genuine-boxed","title":"Haldex Oil at One Litre in Genuine Boxed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA four wheel drive part: the specific fluid, because a gear oil or an ATF in a Haldex unit damages the clutch pack and it happens more than it should.\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 with four wheel drive, badged 4Motion, quattro, 4Drive or 4x4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlatform: chosen above, and the Haldex generation matters more than the platform does. 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. 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 and generation\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: Haldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour time: one and a half to three hours, and longer where the clutch pack comes out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoding: a basic setting or adaptation is required after fitting, which is a five minute job with a proper diagnostic system and is not possible with a generic code reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso needed: the correct Haldex oil, the filter or screen for your generation, and new sealing washers which are single use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorque: the pump and filter housing bolts are torqued low. The unit is aluminium and does not forgive an impact driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterval: every 20,000 miles on the oil, with the filter where there is one. This is the interval nobody keeps and it is why most Haldex pumps fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 1.1 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silent failure: when the pump goes the car just becomes front wheel drive. Usually there is no warning light, it drives normally in the dry, and the owner finds out in the first snow, often years later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest rather than assume: a live data read tells you whether drive is reaching the rear axle. On a used four wheel drive car it is worth doing before you buy the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe right oil: Haldex fluid is a specific oil. A gear oil or an ATF will damage the clutch pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerations: the earlier systems have a serviceable filter, the later ones a pump screen. We confirm which from the VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe part as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe filter or screen for your generation where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingle use sealing washers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe correct fluid where the kit includes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstructions with torque figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFitting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne and a half to three hours. Torque the housing bolts low, use new sealing washers, and afterwards test the four wheel drive function with a live data read rather than assuming it works because the part is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich version to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaldex four wheel drive is not permanent four wheel drive. It sends drive to the rear when the fronts start to slip, through a clutch pack operated by a pump. The oil and filter want changing every 20,000 miles and almost nobody does it, and when the pump then fails the car quietly becomes front wheel drive. Most owners find out in the first snow of the year, several years after it happened. So the question is what state yours is in. If the oil has been done every 20,000 miles, buy the service kit. If it has never been done on a 90,000 mile car, the pump has probably already failed and the service alone will not bring the drive back. We will read the live data for nothing and tell you which of those you have.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfsburg Direct","offers":[{"title":"Generation four and five","offer_id":59218632311132,"sku":"WBD-HLC-008-GEN45","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Generation two and three","offer_id":59218632343900,"sku":"WBD-HLC-008-GEN23","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/3791\/3692\/files\/Haldex_Oil_at_One_Litre_in_Genuine_Boxed_88f57597-c4a9-4018-ab4c-682bfa3a44a5.jpg?v=1790165946"}],"url":"https:\/\/wolfsburgdirect.com\/collections\/under-100.oembed","provider":"Wolfsburg Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}