Well, I heard a wonderful rattling noise today @ around 3,000 RPM, and intitially thought it was something going on in the tranny, but turns out that I had a bad cooling clutch fan. According to my service guy, the fan detached and the clutch tore itself to pieces, sending shrapnel into the radiator. So, this is what I'm looking at...

New radiator from Audi... $731.93
New cooling fan... $168.94
New cooling fan clutch... $311.58

labor... 436.35

Total... $1,731.90


First question: Are those prices reasonable? The service guy himself said that the radiator is priced very high from Audi (go figure) and that I should be able to find one closer to $500.

How about the other parts? Also, In my searches so far I'm having a tough time locating this stuff... any direction?

Thanks everyone.

 

check with some of teh guys in the techcert group. one or two of them handle parts, on the side. Can't say who/which, jsut yet, but, for teh cost of a few PM's, you could find out on your own...

 

Those prices seem right to me, send rbtech a PM, i think he is a service writer so he can pull all the prices for you.

 

I've found a 98 fan clutch for $75.00

will this fit the 97?

 

I believe it will, IDT there were any significant changes until mid-model-year '99-ish. But, bet wait til auditech chimes back in, or send him a PM if you need your answer more quickly

 

worth a look

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/mm...tch~parts.html

edit: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...lutch&meta=

 

There you have it...

THX Dave!

 

I have to say, this community is a wonderful help. I can't express my appreciation enough.

 

Dave beats me again.