cambelt question

[jay1974]

with a bit of luck im about to buy my first rs4 on a private sale,but after phoning up audi regarding the car to find out its service history(which is with audi from new)i found out that the cambelt was only done at 65k miles and from there knowledge not been done previous to this,now should i be concerned by this?would this have any long term damage or has the former owners just been fortunate that there has not been any major failure as audi recomend it be done at 40k.also i would of thought audi would of told the owner at the time that the cambelt was due,should i not be worried?,or should i steer clear? thanks jay

[derdle]

I bought mine 4 years ago privatley and it had missed the cambelt change (albeit by only 4000 miles) but the car had a full dealership service history and the dealership even took it through a warranty check (so I could get a warranty). I think for some reason dealerships think these cars are on a 80k cambelt interval!

I think the owner has been lucky and providing all the other bits were changed at the same time then I wouldn't have thought you'd have any problems. There are other threads detailing what ought to be changed alongside the cambelt.

If everything else stacks up with the car then all should be OK.

Welcome to the forum!

Paul

[jay1974]

thanks for that derdle i do no the car still has 3 months warranty left which the current owner extended

[mikeyquattro]

I would be worried on what the dealer changed when the belt was done.
As a precaution, the water pump should be changed, as all the associated parts

Cambelt B 078 109 119M to J
Relay Roller B 078 109 244 H
Screw M10 x 25 N 01025414
Tensioning roller B 078 109 243 R
Bolt M8 x 40 N 014 7176
Belt tensioning Damper 078 109 479 E
Bolt N 102 05601
Tesnioning lever 078 109 487
Screw M8 x 35 N 019 5033
Auxilliary belt 078 903 137 BL
Waterpump B 078 121 004 R to 006A
Thermostat B 078 121 113 F
Seal 901 368 02

HTH

Mike

[mikeyquattro]

Auxilliary belt tensioner should also be on the list

Got list from search on B5 forum

[Virdee Autos]

Yep if I did mine again I would include the aux belt tensioner

Although I did all of the above on mine, incl. water pump and thermostat

[jay1974]

this look ok
cambelt,water pump,ribbed belt,tensioner £467
belt damper£47.34
belt£28.18
repair kit£220
relay rolle£26.95
water pump inc xxp water pump£38.36
2x cooladd 1.5 £5.67
2xbolts £0.38
6xbolts£0.38
2xscrews£3.02

this is what it had done on 65K cambelt but it was its first thanks

[mikeyquattro]

Looks ok

Aux belt tensioner isn't a biggy. Would cost approx £150ish to sort (inc new belt)

[nol]

Does anyone have the number on the Auxiliary belt tensioner?

/Niclas

[searider]

Hi Jay1974,

I wouldn't be too worried about the cambelt change being late - a cambelt will either break or not break! The previous owner was lucky.

As others have said above what's important is what was done at the change.

Duncan

[nickelvery]

I'm thinking of getting mine done at some point soon, I make the total parts costs £837, how much labour is put on top of this?

[mikeyquattro]

I'm thinking of getting mine done at some point soon, I make the total parts costs £837, how much labour is put on top of this?

I think your sums are wrong....
should be less than that with labour

[nickelvery]

yup I think you are right. MRC will do a cambelt service for around £695.

[Virdee Autos]

That price "just" for part is way out.....something definitely wrong there!

[jay1974]

thanks for the replies to the cambelt question,u have given me confidence in the car,because i did have doubts with the 65k change,so im going over on saturday to look at the car,so fingers crossed cheers