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Hydraulic variator was culprit on Marks car. Engine out to fix.

Did the warranty refund cover the cost of the repair Didn't think there was much point mapping these cars as no forced induction and Audi have tuned it pretty well in the first place Total repair was £1850. The timing was way out on bank 2 intake, have got the trend printouts showing difference bef...

Teesside Auto Tech.

Very much so, excellent knowledge and reputation.

Car all sorted.

Chains were fine, turns out it was the intake cam adjuster unit.
Still required engine out job, but all now sweet and commanded value is now being fed back as correct.

I got the warranty refunded.

On the issue, the dealer told me a load of <beep> about the sensors being at fault on the intake/exhaust.
Had it to specialist today, either stretched timing chain or variocam actuator.
Engine out job and ££££££.

Hi, new poster and not the best of starts! So I bought my car from outside of the dealer network about a year ago and extended the factory warranty. The car had aftermarket exhaust and suspension fitted, but nothing else as far as I was aware. Car was recently serviced at Audi and they investigated ...