Helo, My timing belt took a dump on my audi a4 1.8t. Mechanic says $3000 for a head repair or $4500 for a junk yard motor...The thing is, I owe $7000.00 still so..cant decide to repair or take a loss.. id there a market for this car as is? parts wise? It's beautiful, Orange, leather..nice car..just bad head now from the timing belt breaking...94,000 on the clock..

 

Confirmed reason not to wait past 80K miles to have it done!!!!

 

you should try finding a used one... like Shokan is a good way to save some cash... i bet you can get one for very cheap.

 

The manuel says change at 104,000 miles...2nd end buyers had NO!!! idea Audi chaged it to 80,000...

Yeah, gonna have to fix myself....But my question is...can I part this thing out...and maybe get 4-5 k out of it?

 

look around in the classifieds for someone parting out their car. i have seen a couple that listed their 1.8t engine for sale for like $1500. if you have any mechanic friends that can help you with a motor swap then that will be the cheapest way to go

 

i've got a friend that is an audi mechanic with his own shop, he said to change the belt at 90k i'm getting mine done soon, which he quoted me $450 for the kit and install....

 

im interested as well as to what the better option is here.. without parting the car out, just a straight sale, what is a fair price? My cousin just had here belt go and does not want to put more money into it

 

That's a very good deal.