possible waterpump

[gronows gti]

hoping for some helpguys i have a 1995 golf gti 8v.recently took it to garage to have a starter motor fitted and when sorting the the bill he had chat about the noise coming from cam belt area .it doesnt sound good he said it is possibly waterpump or cambelt tensioner it had new belt and tensioner 3k ago.what kind of time scale is it to change them
                                               cheers in advance

[Simpson]

tensioner should be fine having covered 3 k, water pumps about 80 to 100 k i think, does it use water? 

[rubjonny]

take the alternator & pas belts off, and run it bifly.  If the noise doesn't go its the tensioner, or the belt is too tight.  If the noise does stop its the alternator bearings, PAS or water pump at fault.  Put each belt back on 1 at a time till the noise returns, to narrow down the cause

[gronows gti]

had the car 6months never had to top up the water.