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Originally Posted by B4-Andy
So I was quoted £950 for belt, pump and thermostat. I spoke directly to the guy that would be doing the work and he himself said that the belts don't go, it's the tensioners and pullies that go first.
Was actually a bit dubious about the garage until I spoke to the guy, told him I'd normally do this work myself, but FSH. We spoke about the v6's (my cabby is a v6) and he said that the belt setup was very similar so he did know his shizz.
The place was A for Audi and they have a very good reputation and only use genuine kit. I have inspected her A3 Golf when it came back from them to make sure they weren't taking the ****.
But I think I have made my mind up, I'll keep the belt on it for another couple of years unless I can find something with a concrete "this belt only lasts x years"
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It is about the pulleys etc as you point out and its the EXACT reason that I raised the questions I did. It was in fact A for Audi that I was referring to in my earliest post. I bought the car from The Laird and he had had the cambelt, pump, thermostat etc done at A for Audi but when the thermostat failed 5yrs later I discovered that they had not used Audi parts at all - it was a Contitech belt with unattributable pump/pulleys etc. They did have a great reputation at one time but seemed to over-reach themselves. Whoever you get to do it make sure you want to see all the parts BEFORE they put them into the car. I was a pain in the ar@e with my indy garage but they know what I expect and do what I expect of them.
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind.
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