A4 2005 tdi servicing costs at main dealer
A4 2005 tdi servicing costs at main dealer
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Liam79

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413 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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My 2005 2.0 tdi is due a service and was thinking about taking it to my local Audi dealer but before u book it in or ask about costs was wondering what you guys paid through Audi. Mine has 58k on the clock. My previous BMW had inspection 1 and 2, wasn't sure if Audi dine something similar. Thanks.

Liam79

Original Poster:

413 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Anyone?

Dr G

16,005 posts

273 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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http://www.audi.co.uk/owners-area/servicing-with-a...

Tada wink

Yours will be due cam belt at 5yrs also.

Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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http://www.audi.co.uk/owners-area/servicing-with-a...

Fixed price servicing for vehicles over 3 years old upto and including 2.0L

Cam belt is £329

Service from £99 to £249.

And a free MOT.

Ignor the "Dont take it to the Stealer" comments, and get it to your local Audi centre.

Book enough in advance and they will collect and deliver your car from home or work and bring out a nice new loan car for you to use.





Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Dr G said:
http://www.audi.co.uk/owners-area/servicing-with-a...

Tada wink

Yours will be due cam belt at 5yrs also.
I'm so slow today.

Liam79

Original Poster:

413 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Is the cambelt a necessity at 5 yrs? My history is all stamped with reciepts etc. Done 58k but I thought it was 5 yr @ 10k a yr. Can I just get the service and get the cambelt at a later date or would Audi refuse to do that?

mbrain

4,553 posts

199 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Definitely worth getting your cambelt done. At 5 years old it will have degraded over time, and come resale it's a selling point as well.

If the cambelt goes you're looking at a big repair bill. I'm sure the Tame Tech will explain what goes when the Cambelt goes.

Maybe also worth have the water pump changed as well. When I had mine changed last year the only additional cost was the pump, nothing extra for labour as it was readily accessible.

Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Audi will do what ever you tell them too.

They will never change anything without your authority, so if they ring and say the car need this and this, its going to cost £X's you dont have to have it done. So yes you can have the belt done at a later date if you wish.

The point is, the service interval for the belt is 75k miles or 5 years old, which ever occurs first. Even if you only had 30,000 miles on the car the belt would still have aged five years.

Its highly unlikely to break if you leave it say 12-18months, or until it gets to 75k if thats sooner. Above that and your pushing it a bit.

If it were to break it will do £0000's of damage to the engine.






Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Still slow today.

The pistons hit the valve, you will need a new cylinder head, and if the pistons are damaged too, maybe a new engine. Heads about £1000 + 15hours Engines about £3000 + 22hours. Belt is £349 all in.

The red bit hits the blue bits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgs4bPQMOow
But the red bit is going up and down 20times a second, so its a big mess.

Liam79

Original Poster:

413 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Thanks for the advice. Gonna phone Audi up in the morning to get a quote for a service and get the cambelt done next month. What is done in the service and how come the price ranges quite a bit.

Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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OK why the cost diffrence, er where to begin.

Most audis have variable servicing, that is the cars dash says it needs a service, It will say service between 9000 and 19000 miles, depending on how it is driven and resultant calculation of oil degradation. Or if you really dont do any miles at all and it hasnt said service yet, one is due every two years.

Unlike most manufacturers with a set interval for service every 10,000 or 12,000 miles.

The Audi car can be set to fixed or variable, but most are on variable unless a customer has specifically asked for fixed. If it is on fixed the dash will still say service, but it will be every year or 10,000 miles which ever ocurs first.


However there are other milage dependant extras as well
this is a rough guide, differs from car to car.

19/20k the pollen filter is done.
40k the fuel filter is done diesel, (spark plugs if petrol) + 20k item
60k the air filter is done, + the 20k item
80k the 20k and 40k items are done
100k (as 20k)
120k 20k + 40k + 60k items.

SO why the price difference.

£99 oil and filter change + safety inspection only.

£249 can include the air filter + fuel filter and or spark plugs + safety inspection.
I beleive its an extra £25 for the pollen filter.

Hope this makes scense.



nevbadger

56 posts

248 months

Thursday 6th May 2010
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Any idea what the going rate is for under 3 year old cars?

I have a 2008 A6 2.0 TDI which is just coming up for its 2nd service. I think it's only had 1 oil service so far, not sure what sized bill to expect....

Cheers