[A4] timing belt questions

[Nicholas Stock]

My bad...the water pump is only about 50 bucks!!
 Nick

 On 8/17/05, Nicholas Stock <nickstock at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> How adventurous do you feel Jeff? I purchased the timing belt kit from ECS 
> tuning and installed it myself with a friend. Took about 5 hours. Remember 
> to do the water pump and thermostat at the same time as it's easy and whilst 
> you've got the front of the car off, you may as well replace them. The kit 
> costs around 180 dollars, a water pump is around 100 or so....is 900 dollars 
> worth it? Well, it would probably take a mechanic about 3-4 hours to do it, 
> so 900 is probably about right if not a little steep. One thing I did notice 
> when I replaced mine, is that after 62000 the old belt still looked like 
> new....(I live in San Diego...not many freeze-thaw cycles down here!!). 
>  HTH.
>  Nick
> 
>  On 8/17/05, JeffR <p1nh3ad at comcast.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > Well my 2000 a4 is just about to hit 70k miles (its at 68k right now), i
> > hear at about 70 you should start thinking about a timing belt 
> > replacement...what are some thoughts for everyone here...my local audi
> > dealship wants about $900 to replace it, that is damn expensive! Is it
> > something i can have a local trustworthy shop do for cheaper?
> > 
> > -Jeff
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