Great Deal? Bad Deal? Good Deal? Fair Deal?
 

Hey guys,

I just got back from the audi store in my list of questions I save up for my tech :). I found out about the smoke in my engine is coming from the turbo side but it is a cam leak. Which is going to be fixed when I replace the cams. I called my audi tech out on him doing a timing belt change in 2-3 hours easily (with walking around the shop messing around). He gave me a quote for replacing the cams, timing belt and fueling for 10-12 hours... I have heard that the timing belt change is around 14 hours or something and I was wondering if I am getting a heck of a deal doing the timing belt/cams for 1k. I have heard numbers way above this for just a timing belt change.. Please let me know if I should pull the trigger on this or if I should shop around a little bit. Thanks for the help guys been a lonnnnnnnng day :p

Sam

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You basically answered your own question. You have seen a lot higher numbers for timing belt jobs meaning this is a good deal. The big question though is he also changine the water pump, thermostat and the timing belt tensioners. If not, I would have that added to the list of things he is doing.

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Oh that is included within the job of the timing belt that we talked about. Sorry for the lack of detail... Def am going to do the full kit. The reason I asked is because I wanna see if people have done better or if I should shut up and do it haha


Thansk for the quick post :P

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Also I was wondering about the high end performance difference that you might notice with the switch to rs4 cams or if there is another option for our car... Thank you

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I was charged, and told the book rate, was six (6) hours for my timing belt change. It was the full kit.

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What I was thinking... He said 5-6 for the full timing kit, 2-3 for the cams and half an hour-hour for the fueling. Why I don't know if I am getting a good deal, fair deal or could get better :p

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Fair deal. Go for it. Be happy!

Bob

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thx bob I think I am going to pull the trigger shortly on that :p ohh and has anybody used the RS4 cams in the car? Let me know how it went or if you used different cams let me know.. Thanks guys again