roughyear

since my car is now 7yrs old and 75k miles, i'm thinking it's time to get a timing belt replacement (although that is usually done at 90k, but factoring in the age of the car it might be the time)

what i want to know is the average prices people paid for:
---- the timing belt replacement
---- 75k/90k tune-up/major service

how many people or dealers do both together and give a discount as such.

thanks

bschaber

I was quoted 2300 @ dealer and 1500 @ indypendant (reputable)

Jkay

courtesy of most up to date Audi maint chart for 1999.

EDIT: LOL that's hilarious .. I just noticed that JimR answered the same exact question and used "FWIW" too. JimR .. the PDF for 1999 shows 105K. **ribbed** belt (accessory drive) is 75K miles.<ul><li><a href="http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi.1999.maintenance.sched.pdf">Bentley 1999 Service Schedule</a></li></ul>

roughyear

at what age, regardless of miles, should the timing belt be replaced?

JimR

Go to plate 109-90, "Toothed Belt, 8 cylinder ABZ (and a bunch of other engine codes)"

Part Number: 077 010 138 B
Description:: Sticker "Attention - Change the toothed belt every 120 000 KM / 75 000 M"

By the way, I agree, what Bentley is showing on those Audi maintenance *.pdfs is directly counter to this.

JimR

An almost always garaged car in Atlanta is different from an ungaraged car in New England, say. Cold temps are tougher on the polymers, typically.

Angus Beef

very true.

Jkay

Hmph. So ... we should let them fight it out, to the death. 100 kwatloos on Kirk.