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Hi Trevor, Thank you for your reply! It is a 1.8T engine and I can confirm it is chain driven, so the timing belt wouldn't need replacing. The situation now is the car needs a new engine at a cost of £7,000 and I am in discussions with them about how much they should contribute to the rebuild. Given the fact the car is chain driven, is there any chance they still needed to fiddle with it and mess something up? Any advice would be much appreciated Thank you

Hi everyone, I am new here and was hoping to get some advice. I will try and keep it short I had my water pump replaced on the 12th of August on the 21st of August, my car was not starting in the morning. Towed to Audi and have found out today a timing belt tensioner has snapped. Told they need to take the cylinder head off to see if there is any further damage, quoted £700+ for the work! The gentleman mentioned that he will speak to his manager and Audi to see what they can do as my car has full service history and has only done 62,000 miles and it is rare to break My question is; During the water pump replacement, is there a possibility they done something wrong that could cause the tensioner to break? Do I have a strong argument against them Any advice would be greatly appreciated Thank you