Get a quote from a reputable, independent garage for a CAM KIT change. Note I said KIT and not just belt.

Try searching the forum regarding this as there are hours of threads on it.

http://www.********.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=143458

 

CAm belt /water pump change 60k or 5 years as for the price Audi should only be charging about £315 it is a fixed price give Audi CS a ring and tell them what they arecharging

 

CAm belt /water pump change 60k or 5 years as for the price Audi should only be charging about £15 it is a fixed price give Audi CS a ring and tell them what they arecharging

Andy for just £15 I will have some of that put me down for 2 please :lol:

 

Hi Jen,

Basically, the cambelt must be changed every 5 years or 60k miles as a matter of precaution. Make sure they use a whole new cambelt kit, not just the belt itself. To cut a long story short, it is advisable to have the water pump changed at the same time whilsts the belts off.

My car was done by a reputable VAG specialist for around £300 and you shouldn't need to pay a lot more than that.

From what I make of what you've written, yours was done in 2005/60k miles ??, meaning it will be due another in 2010 (5 years later).

Hope that helps a bit.

Tim

 

CAm belt /water pump change 60k or 5 years as for the price Audi should only be charging about £15 it is a fixed price give Audi CS a ring and tell them what they arecharging

Andy for just £15 I will have some of that put me down for 2 please :lol:

Strange my post says £315 Les :wink:

 

Hi Tim,

I'm in East Sussex....whose the specailist you refer to? I'll be swapping mine out next year by the looks of it and will be looking for someone reputable.

On another note, did anyone ever get an answer as to why the manual states a cambelt change at over 100,000?. I can't understand why there shpuld be such a disparity between stated manufacturer information and reality. 60,000 miles or so is one hell of a difference in my books

Cheers
EQ

 

On another note, did anyone ever get an answer as to why the manual states a cambelt change at over 100,000?. I can't understand why there shpuld be such a disparity between stated manufacturer information and reality. 60,000 miles or so is one hell of a difference in my books

Revisal since publication

 

Hi, mine is being done tomorrow - £329 standard Audi website price. Car is 5ys old this month, and 38,000 carefull miles

Seasurfer

 

Hi, mine is being done tomorrow - £329 standard Audi website price. Car is 5ys old this month, and 38,000 carefull miles

Seasurfer

I would get the waterpump swapped to a metal one whilst your there

Just had a full cambelt change at my local indy which included:

Cambelt
Tensioner
Hydraulic Tensioner (includes roller)

WaterPump
Coolant
New engine mount stretch bolts
Plus...V-Belt (ribbed belt)

 

Hi Tim,

I'm in East Sussex....whose the specailist you refer to? I'll be swapping mine out next year by the looks of it and will be looking for someone reputable.

On another note, did anyone ever get an answer as to why the manual states a cambelt change at over 100,000?. I can't understand why there shpuld be such a disparity between stated manufacturer information and reality. 60,000 miles or so is one hell of a difference in my books

Cheers
EQ

Audi origionaly stated 100,000K for replacement but as they were getting lots of complaints of them snapping. Also nodoubt with Audi having to fork out some if not all for the dsamage done. They then played round with the recommendation for camblet replacement intervals. Now they eventually settled on the lot lower figure of 60k after I believe other milage recommendations had gone before. This did at least 2 things.
1/ Gave Audi dealers more custom and therefore more money to change belts.
2/ Resulted in less claims against them for cambelt failures.
Dunno why they never reduced the milage to say 30k :roll:

 

Ah i'm asuming your a northwester... SO hello... alot of us in the northwest use awsome GTI which isn't that far... http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/

Oh and don't think you'll be paying anything near that... Mine will be due soon (90K~) i last one was at 45'000 so thats the way i work it out...

hope that helps

 

Hi, mine is being done tomorrow - £329 standard Audi website price. Car is 5ys old this month, and 38,000 carefull miles

Seasurfer

I would get the waterpump swapped to a metal one whilst your there

Just had a full cambelt change at my local indy which included:

Cambelt
Tensioner
Hydraulic Tensioner (includes roller)

WaterPump
Coolant
New engine mount stretch bolts
Plus...V-Belt (ribbed belt)

Hi, yes I have asked for the water pump to be done aswell, about an extra £40 if done at the same time. I will ask about the other items you have listed though, thanks for pointing them out.

Seasurfer

 

Hi, mine is being done tomorrow - £329 standard Audi website price. Car is 5ys old this month, and 38,000 carefull miles
Seasurfer

I would get the waterpump swapped to a metal one whilst your there
Just had a full cambelt change at my local indy which included:
Cambelt
Tensioner
Hydraulic Tensioner (includes roller)
WaterPump
Coolant
New engine mount stretch bolts
Plus...V-Belt (ribbed belt)

Do you mind me asking what sort of price of everything above ?
Thanks,

Seasurfer

 

Evening All

Can understand moving to an independent rather than using an Audi Centre, but it could be worth bearing in mind the 'dashpod problem'?
With Audi's new stance of only replacing dashpods FOC on a goodwill basis if the car has an Audi service history and it hasn't been replaced before, it might be worth swallowing a little extra cost for a cambelt, water pump etc. to save £800 - £900 for a new dashpod?
It worked for us, cambelt etc cost £429 just under 2 years ago when car was 5 years old and the dashpod was done FOC last month.
Just a thought.................

urquattro

 

Hi, Just had quote from my local Audi dealer in writing, cambelt, tensioner etc plus water pump, max price £389..
H.

 

All sounds like good advice....mine only has about 54,000 on it however,all this chatter about engines exploding is starting to make me a bit paranoid..Am I taking a HUGE risk driving it out to 60,000 ? The car isn't even 5 years old yet

Can anyone reccoomend a good indy in East Sussex?.....the Audi dealer price sounds good though...is that price inclusive of labour?

cheers

EQ
TTQS All Black

 

Hi Eq100
Yes £329 on Audi website for cambelt change, includes tensioner and labour. Had mine done yesterday and asked for waterpump to be done at same time at an extra £40. All Audi dealers should not be charging more than this. Mine is 5yrs old this month and done 38,000.

Seasurfer

 

Hey seasurfer,

thanks for the reply...although i still feel paranoid.

Cheers

EQ

 

Hi again,
If its any consolation, i asked Audi to leave my cambelt in the car so that i could have a look at it, expecting it to be chewed or something grotty, and it looks like new so being concerned that my cambelt knew when it was 5yrs old and would pop any miniute can also be dissappointing if you know what i mean.
But feel better now its done

Seasurfer

 

Hi All

The Audi dealer where I have my Audi TT serviced (full service history) sent me a letter informing me that the car is reaching 5 years old, time to renew the car cambelt. Two weeks later they sent me a post card saying the same thing with the price of £329.00 - nice to get a reminder off them! I know that doesn't include the water pump but I wondered about the engine stretch bolts!! So I rang the parts department ,you would think this would be a stock item, however they apparesntly don't keep these in stock!! I asked when the mechanics change t he cambelt, also don't they renew the stretch bolts - No! came the reply, who can you trust!! :?

PS
Just worried about the dashpod problem - full service history.

GB