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OK, so some more good news today.
Finally received the Bentley book and also 3rd stop (3rd stop is not working and is annoying).
However my excitement reduced drastically after checking that my engine is not covered by the Bentley manual.
I should have an AJK engine and 2.7t covered are APB and BEL. Does anyone knows the difference?
Also while at the tire shop I've asked for the guy to measure the rotors he told me 330 at the front and 280 at the rear. This couldn't be correct because there's no way that the rear rotors are bigger than my civic front rotors.
While picking up the 3rd stop at AUDI I've asked for the part number for brakes and it seems that they are 320 at the front and 255 at the rear. (rotors and pads would be 700USD from Audi lol)
I would recommend you look for after market rotors and pads, especially now that you have the correct information. After market will usually indicate original part number. Definitely won't cost $700. Audi quoted me $480 for the rears on my car and I got the parts (pads and rotors) for around $200. Same with the fronts a little later. Basically did their $1000 job for around $400. I enjoy the work so labor cost isn't figured in. I've done this more than once. They wanted $450 to change the serpentine belt (not the timing belt). I did it in my garage in around 40 minutes, and the new belt from NAPA was around $45.
I would recommend you look for after market rotors and pads, especially now that you have the correct information. After market will usually indicate original part number. Definitely won't cost $700. Audi quoted me $480 for the rears on my car and I got the parts (pads and rotors) for around $200. Same with the fronts a little later. Basically did their $1000 job for around $400. I enjoy the work so labor cost isn't figured in. I've done this more than once. They wanted $450 to change the serpentine belt (not the timing belt). I did it in my garage in around 40 minutes, and the new belt from NAPA was around $45.
Yes that's the Idea, most of the easy maintnance I do it myself with parts bought online. I usually go for good relation quality/price , or depending on application I can buy a better quality one .
I would recommend you look for after market rotors and pads, especially now that you have the correct information. After market will usually indicate original part number. Definitely won't cost $700. Audi quoted me $480 for the rears on my car and I got the parts (pads and rotors) for around $200. Same with the fronts a little later. Basically did their $1000 job for around $400. I enjoy the work so labor cost isn't figured in. I've done this more than once. They wanted $450 to change the serpentine belt (not the timing belt). I did it in my garage in around 40 minutes, and the new belt from NAPA was around $45.
I bought my rotors and pads through Autoanything, good prices and free shipping.
Oops, I just notices you are in Portugal, so my suggestion probably doesn't apply.
I bought my rotors and pads through Autoanything, good prices and free shipping.
Oops, I just notices you are in Portugal, so my suggestion probably doesn't apply.
Thanks for the reply .
I have to buy everything inside the EU otherwise I might pay more for taxes than the parts (I've once payed something like 20$ for a civic cluster from Japan and was charged 80$ of customs fees).
It's a shame because it seems that there's lot of US quality parts for AUDI cars.
OK, changed the oil. It was kind of hard to remove the oil filter, but I was really pleased because it was very accessible and I was able to change the oil without raising the car. This should make future maintenance very very easy.
In the meantime I was going to replace the N75 valve but the one I got from Audi is not the correct one. I am now putting the old one back. Does anyone know what valve is this? I've emailed AUDI let's see what they reply.
07-31-2017, 01:36 PM
Thanks for the reply .
