Cambelt change - confusing!!

[grizz]

4 years or 40k..


We still charge £950 + vat .

Full belt change will all parts , new water pump & thermostat with fresh antifreeze ..

I had a call from a guy last week who had done just over 40k and had belt changed 2 years and 7 days ago ...His belt snapped .. He's been quoted 16k for a repair buy audi .....

[MoRS6+]

Oops for me then! 29k but 6 years... What's more risky, time or miles???

[paddybrenn]

Sorry to hi-jack, but can anyone recommend someone to change cambelt near Maidstone, Kent...?

[grizz]

Make sure whoever you find has done them before , And they have both the special tools to do the job .... Not a bottle of tipex....


The age is just as important .. The cambelt on rs6 stays hot for hours after the engine is cooled down ....

[jamesslater]

If its stiil interesting, Parklands Audi, Gloucester have quoted me £770 incl VAT for the cambelt and tensioners etc plus £ 90 for the waterpump and thermostat. The Audi service printout for my car requires a cambelt at 60k or 3 years. I checked this at Audi Cust Service and at another dealer. Ny experience of Parklands is very different to other dealers and the stories we see and hear. At the last oil service, they did miss a weeping DRC pipe, apologised profusely, got one in overnight, lent me a car whilst it was done, returned it cleaned and charged me nothing but the £10 fee for the loan car insurance. Thats the way to keep customers! They also have a German technician who worked at Quattro gmbh when the RS6 was in production so he knows them very well. So full marks to them!