MarcusA3

You misunderstand me Gareth..I was asking out of curiosity, I wasn’t asking why you were being curious. You asked a lot of questions and I was only trying to get an idea of your train of thought. If you felt attacked that wasn’t my intention, your last post seems as if I triggered you and you decided to make it personal. Appreciate any advice I can get here but regardless of however much information I give the options are still between me either going to the main dealer or not. In the nicest way, it’s not really worth me digging up documents and taking pictures of my instrument cluster to show mileage when the benefit of the advice doesn’t equate to the effort, I really would have to go out my way to give you the info you need (honestly no insult intended) and if I’m being honest I am reluctant to give that much information to someone online. I asked for your opinion based on what was said already. If you had said “I don’t have enough information, I would need to know X,Y and Z because it will give me a clearer picture” I would have said fair enough, I’m sorry but I’d rather not go through all that trouble. I only enquired about the belt, everything else was just extra conversation. With that being said, I do understand without such information you cannot give your best opinion. Thank you for giving your time and help on clarifying that it was an auxiliary belt in relation to the pictures above Regards Marcus p.s: This will be my last response to this thread, I don’t appreciate being referred to as a dog. No need is there.

I do yes I’ll have to check. I believe it was on a schedule (again will have to check to confirm) why do you ask just out of curiosity? Initially it was in Audi Northampton when it was registered and sold to its first owner there. 2 previous owners. Warranty was for 12 months so ran out last year unfortunately. I have reached out for a quote for the work (excluding auxiliary) and they emailed today saying it would be £1130

This is why I’m confused, honestly doesn’t make sense. No no I bought the car from the main dealer 2 years ago like I said, I’ve just only driven it 8,000 miles. It was part of their second hand approved cars and has full servicing history with multiple audi dealerships. Because of this I paid a premium and opted for the service plan but expected a car in better condition than this. The job for the car isn’t just the auxiliary belt but the entire cooling system (According to the VAG specialists I went to). I wouldn’t necessarily trust this job with a local mechanic. What I’m wondering is it worth taking it back to the main dealer?

Mileage as of now is 32,705 and to be honest at this point I’m probably going to seek other options mate. The price of the work may be out of my budget at the main dealers but I’m of course willing to pay a decent amount to get it sorted. I’m scouting around at the moment. What would you suggest jut out of curiosity? Regards Marcus

Hello Gareth, You are spot on it is for sure the auxiliary belt thank you for clarifying that for me. My car is currently booked in for a water pump and thermostat replacement along with coolant tank replacement. Have a leaking problem, just coolant from what I can see I’ve been going to the main dealer in Coventry and bought this car from them approved, only driven 8,000 miles roughly since buying it 2 years ago (I work from home so don’t drive often) I’m confused as to how they’ve missed this and my contaminated water coolant tank

I’ve just noticed this belt in my 2018 audi a3 2.0 tfsi. It seems worn out and that it needs replacing. I called up a VAG group specialist garage asking if it was a cambelt but have been told that this car would use a timing chain or timing belt. Does anyone know what this is? Regards Marcus

Really helpful mate thanks for the post, I was actually looking to retrofit an ambient lighting kit that changes colour and is controlled through the MMI. Would love to do it myself.

I have a 2018 Audi A3 8V currently at around 32,705 on the clock. It’s recent had coolant leaking and so I booked it in for an inspection at Audi and VW specialist. They say the water pump and thermostat housing is where the coolant is leaking (perhaps due to the silica bag) and that the tank holding the coolant is contaminated. Basically needing a whole new system. They quoted the job £1,008 (incl VAT), I feel like this is too much but thought I’d ask to see what other people think. What love to hear your opinions. I’ve included the breakdown in the attachment below. Thank you. Marcus