Timing Belt A3

Delboy5 · 03-03-2009 10:19am #1

Mechanic got me a timing belt kit and replaced all on my 04 A3, all done for approx. €200, is this expensive or a good deal !?

EPM · 03-03-2009 10:25am

Suspiciously so! Did that def include a water pump?

Delboy5 · 03-03-2009 10:58am

Not sure about the water pump, ill have to check with him ! This price is converted over from sterling price as i got the work down across the border a few miles from where i live !

Heroditas · 03-03-2009 11:02am

I have to get it done for my A4 later on this year and am bracing myself for somewhere in the region of €600. Mechanic said it would cost in that region

:eek: Yours sounds a very low price.

yop · 03-03-2009 11:10am

Is that a dealer or private garage price there Heroditas?

Heroditas · 03-03-2009 11:33am

yop wrote: »

Is that a dealer or private garage price there Heroditas?

Private garage. They charge €75 per hour for work.

EPM · 03-03-2009 11:42am

I would be making sure that the water pump has been done also. If it has been, well done but if not that is recommended to be done with timing belt as they have a habit of breaking apart if left undone

Henry Ford III · 03-03-2009 11:44am

Heroditas wrote: »

Private garage. They charge €75 per hour for work.

€75 an hour for an Indy is a bit saucy.

Heroditas · 03-03-2009 11:52am

Henry Ford III wrote: »

€75 an hour for an Indy is a bit saucy.

It is a little bit.
However, I'm very happy with the work they do.
They also do restoration work, crash repair, respraying etc on their premises so I guess that's why they charge those prices.

8vjohn · 03-03-2009 12:33pm

Is it a 1.4? Kits for the smaller engines can be surprisingly cheap. I've a mk4 golf gti and had the timing belt kit and pump done last month. Now the timing belt kit was 198euro and the water pump was 67euro. Labour was 120euro so I'd be asking your mechanic for a breakdown of what he did.

EPM · 03-03-2009 1:33pm

It would be a 1.6 petrol at a minimum with the A3 (bar the new 1.4T but thats hardly needing a new belt already). Sounds suspiciously cheap - If it all came to 200 euro including labour at 75 an hours, surely there has to be something amiss?

yop · 03-03-2009 2:12pm

What interval was that timing belt done lad? Every 60k miles is it?

Delboy5 · 03-03-2009 2:48pm

The Audi A3 is a 1.9Tdi, 105bhp, belt was changed at approx. 80,000 miles..............should have been changed at 60,000 i think !!!

EPM · 03-03-2009 2:53pm

Its every 4 years or 60k miles on a lot of the VAG stuff

Heroditas · 03-03-2009 3:09pm

Delboy5 wrote: »

The Audi A3 is a 1.9Tdi, 105bhp, belt was changed at approx. 80,000 miles..............should have been changed at 60,000 i think !!!

I've a 1.8T and was told a few weeks ago that 80,000 or 6 years is ok for them. Time for me to start saving for it.

Timing Belt A3

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