A main dealer with good staff seeing regular one brand faults is far better placed to do a cheaper job than an independent small garage in my opinion. Shame they do not. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Steve D wrote:

Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a VW that doesn’t have a cam belt driven water pump although I’m no expert on their models by any means. What model/engine is it then?

Well, I have now! Just bought an A3 with the 1.4 TFSI engine. The water pump is belt driven but from the other end of the camshaft to the main timing belt. Annoying thing is with these cars is that VW in Europe recommend something like 120,000 miles or 10 years but the same car with the same engine when shipped to the Uk has a 5 year limit recommended by the importer, Audi U.K. irrespective of the miles covered.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.