Hii All,

could any one tell me what are the symptoms when timing belt need to be changed.

Some help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ram.

 

Oh yeah -- front and rears--got the engine out of a wrecked 97 540i-- only 50-60K on it- $1500 complete

 

Make sure you change the timing belt before 90K mi. The valves and pistons will meet causing $3,000 damage if the belt breaks.

 

there are none. it just breaks and then ur screwed. if you have over 80k miles on ur car get it done now!!!!!!!!!

 

I paid $857 for timing belt, roller, tensioners, drive belt and v-belt at a local Audi shop 10 days ago. Labor was $410.00 and parts were $447.00

 

i got mine done for free!!! well kind of i got the kit for free then decided i wanted tools, anda tool box, and power tools, and a compressor... well it was fun and i learned a lot at least

 

why don't you get an extended warranty, it cost a crap load of money but it is worth it if you break down, your still pissed off broke down but atleast your not paying for it, I just got the extended warranty for 3.0 qauttro because of all the work that has been done on it, one of the first things I checked was if the timing belt was covered and it is. when I was buying the warranty from audi($3,350, ouch,i'm still hurting from that one) a lady was in there and here timing belt broke and the bill was 5,700, but she had the extended warranty so all she had to pay was her 100 deductible. peace of mind for me, for atleast 5 years or 100,000 miles.

 

Firestone is not reliable audi mechanics, your talking about having tire installers and alignment specialists (if you even want to call them specialists) doing work on your engine that is critical that is done right, its not hard work, but i wouldnt trust them to do it.