[s-cars] x post from A8 list (real deal)

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Bill,
Take your freakin car to Justusson already.  At least
he'll fleece ya with a smile.

;-)

Pizzo
--- Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> Sorry that one missed ..try this:
> ""
> I brought my 1998 A8 with 104K miles in for
> maintenance, which included,
> timing belt, tensioners, water pump, v-belt and
> front brakes.
>
> When I went to pick up the car, it ran like a diesel
> truck, due to the
> timing being off on one of the cams. Three days
> latter I pick the car up
> for the second time, this time she's purring like a
> kitten.
>
> A few days latter the coolant light comes on, check
> the coolant level
> and it's slightly low, I talk to the dealer, and
> they suggest that if
> was probably due to an air bubble, so I add a little
> water. 1000 miles
> later, the coolant warning light comes on and
> there's is a small puddle
> under the car, check the level an sure enough its
> below the minimum
> mark, I bring it back to the dealer to find the
> leak, they call back,
> tell me its an air bubble (I guess I imagined the
> wet spot), at this
> point I'm ready to blow my stack, and tell them to
> keep looking, they
> call me back and tell me the leak is coming from an
> elbow that is around
> the back of the engine, is labor intensive and will
> cost $900 (Now I
> blow my stack), they agree to cover 1/2, I think
> they should cover the
> whole thing, considering that my car has never had a
> problem since day
> one. I no so naive to think that a car with 104K
> won't start to show
> some ware, but I thinks its funny that this ware
> shows up after regular
> maintenance service.
>
> Tell me what you think.
>
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