Cambelt Change - No Longer 5 Years ?

[f1arp72]

Hi. I just took my car in for it's service with Marshall Skoda. It's a 2018 1.5 TSI so was having its 5 year service and originally was due to have a cambelt change. However, I received a call yesterday saying that Skoda no longer recommend a Cambelt change at 5 years for the 1.5 TSI engine, and now it's 150,000 miles ?!

Does that seem right? I mean, it's an official Skoda dealership so I have no reason to doubt them, and I'm happy to save the £980, but given the damage a cambelt can cause if it fails, I'm a little nervous of such a big change in Skoda's recommendation.

Has anyone else heard or had similar advice ?

Many thanks

[Mr Happy]

I have just booked my 2018 1.5 TSI Karoq in for a service and I asked about a CAMBELT change and was told like you that the cambelt change is now at 150.000 miles and this is with my supplying dealer. I will be interested what info we get from other members on this board. my current mileage is 21500 miles

[IanW]

There's been a long running thread about it here https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/5 ... w/page/11/

In a nutshell, Skoda UK and the dealers were in an untenable position, there was so much information around that the belt didn't need changing at 5yrs that they were forced to come into line with other regions. The fact that the procedure for the 1.5 ACT was so complicated and needed specialist equipment and trained techs probably helped make up their minds! In reality the procedure for the 1.5 ACT was really only designed to be used when the camshaft had been removed e.g head off , probably because the belt was never designed to be routinely replaced!!