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Hey Gareth, Yes, they replaced the water pump and aux belt. From what i can gather, its a whole new engine, but i was curious if it would simply be the engine block itself, or other parts such as turbo, cat etc? I was initially told it was £11,000, then when i got a call back i was told it was upwards of £20,000. The tensioner was sent away to Audi technical for examination.

Hey all, Just wanted to post a thread on my experience (still ongoing) regards a timing belt tensioner failure. I own a 2015 2.0tdi Ultra. Love the car, very economical for my commute (100 miles) and still packs a bit of punch when needed. The week before the UK went into lockdown, i organised to get the timing belt, tensioners and water pump replaced at my local Audi dealer. Came in at around £745. It was due in July (Now) so thought it best to get it done as there were rumours of lockdown in March and was worried i wouldnt get it done in time and i had no idea on how long the garages would be closed. Anyway, my wife as a Nurse still used the car between March and June for her shift work, i drove it a couple of times between March and June on a decent journey just to keep the diesel engine in good condition so to speak as my wife was using it for short distances. In early/mid June, we had a sudden family death 100 miles away. The funeral allowed 30 people, and my wife was one of them. We decided to go down to the funeral and on the way home, after 150 miles, at a round about, in second gear, the engine just suddenly failed. The only way i could describe it was like a stall but it sounded like a wheel had come off. The auto-restart kicked in and it wouldnt start at all. totally dead. No engine management lights on at all, but knew straight away it was a bad problem. Got the car recovered to the same Audi garage as the timing belt was changed as i figured they were by far the best people to diagnose the issue. Luckily for me, the weekend the car broke down, the monday following was when the dealership reopened for repairs and servicing. They kindly organised a courtesy car for me, and a month on, the car is due to be repaired and available this friday. Between the breakdown and now, i have been approved under warranty for the entire engine and all labour for the car to be repaired, and i have been told by the dealer that its upwards of £20,000 worth of damage and labour costs. My questions are, is this even realistic? Its an extreme amount of money and the car isn't worth that amount - i paid £12,000 for it in October 2019 with 30,000 miles on the clock. It had only done 45,000 when i got the belt and kit changed. Secondly, what kind of damage must have been caused/repaired for such extreme numbers? and thirdly, with a brand new engine going in, do you think i am safe to keep hold of this car or should i get rid of it due to fear of reoccurrence of the same issue going forward?

Arnold Clark Volvo Aberdeen. I've approached them, and emailed but the after care is pretty shocking. The car is headed to Audi Inverness on the 16th for its Timing Belt/Water Pump etc, so I would like a response from AC before then, as I would rather get it all done at the same time. My concern is that the wrong spring is fitted, for all I know it is very much the wrong spring and i'd rather know that driving the car wasn't going to be putting my wife and kids in a position that compromises their safety. On top of this, the PS issue, I am fairly sure its the connector that this the problem, but I am unsure how the connectors connect to the main sensor wiring (via another connector?)

Hey All, I've had a look around the forum and not really managed to find answers to my queries. I'm hoping some of you out there might be able to help. I bought my A4 TDI Ultra 163 in October 2019, absolutely love the car, my first Audi and as a previous X1 and X3 owner, I have to say, i'll be sticking with Audi going forward. Anyway, last month I noticed that my car appeared to be sitting slightly squint on flat ground. The rear driver wheel sits closer to the arch compared to the passenger side, so I got a tape measure and checked from the centre of the wheel to the arch, and right enough the driver side is 3.5cm lower than the passenger wheel. Thinking I was doing something wrong or that the ground wasn't level, I turned the car round and the result was the same. I also go my father in law to follow behind me and check visually, he confirmed that when driving it is the same. Took it to a local independent garage and asked them to check if the spring was broken etc. They confirmed the spring wasn't broken but the spring looked different, ever so slightly thinner that the other. I can only assume that the previous owner has fitted the wrong spring. I was advised by the garage that there are a few different springs for my car and that replacing one at a time often causes this issue. Can any of you confirm if this is true, also, does anyone feel I have a case to argue with the dealer I bought it from to have them replace it? On top of this, the front far left parking sensor has stopped working, and as such the whole system. I bought a new one, fitted it and still no joy. So I swapped the far right with the old far left, and the far left works in the far right, but the far right doesn't work in the far left. When the system is engaged, there is clicking on all of them except the far left. I can only assume that since I switched sensors that I know are 100% working that there is a connection issue. My question here is, how do you replace the connectors to the sensor? Or, are the sensors individually connected to the main sensor loom? Again, as per the point above, do any of you feel I have a case with the dealer? The car has a 2 year warranty but the sensors are not covered. The coil springs are, but since they are not "broken" I don't know if they will be replaced. Can anyone provide any guidance?