[s-cars] Help! Timing Belt Gone-Now What?

[Doug Landaeta]

Maybe it's obvious, but I'd not touch a thing and
have it faltbedded back to said dealer. My .02

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Mullane [mailto:tmullane at snet.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:03 PM
> To: mcancellier at adelphia.net; mlped at qwest.net
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help! Timing Belt Gone-Now
> What?
> 
> Mike's issue sounds a bit more severe than the
> CT problem.  The CT engine
> had two bent values, almost invisible marks on
> the head where the pistons
> contacted it, and no visible damage to the tops
> of two pistons - with the
> valves removed, I couldn't tell which cylinders
> had been "injured".  VERY
> minor.  His complaints, IMHO, were a bit
> overstated, and he should have just
> let the dealer repair the car.  Listers can be
> anti dealer, and the list fed
> the fire.  Mike's car, on the other hand, sounds
> like maybe the belt let go
> at speed?
> 
> Mike, if I were you, I would get someone to get
> that head off and see what
> you have.  Once you see how much damage is
> there, you can decide how hard
> you want to fight to get the dealer to take care
> of it.  In the CT case, the
> car never left the dealership, so there was no
> doubt about where the fault
> should lie.  There the argument was what level
> of repair was necessary to
> restore the car to good mechanical condition.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:00:23 -0700
> From: "MLP" <mlped at qwest.net>
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help! Timing Belt Gone-Now
> What?
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> What's Phil Long said they will, or won't do
> about the failure so far?
> 
> Last, but not very encouraging, for some east
> coast BTDT, you can try a trip
> back through the list archives for a blow by
> blow description of a very
> unhappy Connecticut Doctor, I think he was a
> neuro surgeon, travails with
> his dealer who had a similar experience.  Any
> one recall the fellows name or
> email address to simplify the search?
> 
> mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car On Behalf Of
> mcancellier at adelphia.net
> 
> Hello everyone,
> Last week my local dealer, Phil Long Audi in
> Colorado Springs replaced the
> timing belt on my '93 S4. On Sunday, with less
> than 50 miles since the
> repair, the belt shredded and probably lunched
> the motor. I need some BTDT
> on how to force the dealer to cover the repair.
> Suggestions?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Mike Cancellier
> 
>