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Thanks for your replies, yes my inclination was to be cautious and get it done especially since I plan to have the car for 4-5 years so I will have peace of my mind at an early stage. I looked at the belt and it looks normal but then I'm not a mechanic and there is a lot of the belt I can't see from my position. Paying out 400 now beats paying out a possible 4000 later any day of the week.
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Hi everyone, just wondering should I change my cam belt and water pump this year or leave it for a year or two. I have a 66 reg (September) A4 ultra SE with 64,250 miles on the clock. I will have the car 1 year in June(57k when I got it)
I spoke to Audi and they recommend a change after 5 years or 140k but I have researched it a bit and many people say that with average miles it wouldn't need to be done yet even after it hits 5 years.
Audi have quoted £599 plus free Mots for the life of the car and it's a 3 hour round trip to them. My local indi which has a good rep can do it for about £300 ish plus vat so Ill head there whenever I decide.
Thank you for reading this and I look forward to any replies given.
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I went to my local independent garage. Cost me £20 to plug it in, they did this the first day and the day they fitted the part. They ordered the part from Audi , this it was about £80 and the labour was only a few pound. Cost about £160 ish total. I wouldn't bother going near Audi unless you buy the part yourself to fit.
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Hi all, new to this site but just thought I'd share my experience. We have our 2016 A4 about 7 months and the fault showed up about 2 weeks ago. Thanks to this thread for making us aware of dangers of driving the car. We drove it the bare minimum just a mile a day to the school and back. There is 2 week waiting list to be seen by the Audi garage an hour away so just brought it to my local independent garage. £20 for diagnostic on Friday gone by and £137 all in today ( £20 labour £25 diagnostic and £69 for part plus the vat ) I got away reasonably light compared to some unfortunate people here.
Cam belt & water pump replacement
in Audi A4 (B9) Forum
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Excellent , yes I will take all advice onboard and talk to the garage about the auxiliary belt etc. When I got the quote I had asked for a water pump change too so this would be included in the price. I will double check when I book everything that is included in the price.