Need Advice!

[chrisbu]

Good evening,

To make a long story short, on Monday evening I had my car recovered to Tonbridge Audi due to complete engine power failure. After inspection the following was diagnosed;

"found tensioner to have excessive play which has caused slack in the cambelt resulting in engine valves bending, so new cylinder head required."

The car has done 68k miles and has been serviced by Audi. I have had several conversations with Audi customer services (who by the way are a dis-organised shower of sh*t!)

I have spoken to another audi garage who tell be that the belt and tensioners etc. would normally be changed at 180k km (or 112k miles)

Audi customer services are now waiting on technical data back from the garage to properly determine the problem and what contribution they may make. The estimate I have at the moment is over £3k!

I also had a NOX sensor failure in November which cost me £600 and as with the above left me in a very precarious position on the fast lane on the motorway.

I am at a real loss and would really appreciate anyone’s thoughts on how I should / could proceed.

Thanks,

Chris

[T-sport]

Hi Chris sorry to hear of your plight..

If its over 3 years old some Audi dealerships would recommend a belt change at service time even if the current mileage hasnt reached what it states in the manual for replacement.

Hopefully they will help you out if you have Full Audi service history and a belt change has never been recommended to you at service time.

Worse case senario if they wont help out and you cant spend 3k get engine rebiult elsewhere or look for a recon engine to swap over,or get one off Ebay and pay to get it fitted. Heres one going for cheap money- AUDI A4 2.0 ENGINE CODE BWE /LOW MILES OUT OF 56 REG on eBay, also, Audi, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 16-Feb-08 20:54:24 GMT)

[chrisbu]

Thanks T-sport, didnt realise you could buy engines for that sort of money, i will definatley keep it in mind if audi wont fix.

[chrisbu]

Car is A4 2.0 FSI (53 plate)