mobetta

so its time for a T belt on my sis' car- and she's not excited about paying the $1100 quoted at the dealer. so she asked me to do it.

how hard is this for a DIY- i am a fairly competent shade tree- so am not scared of it, just want to know how long I'll have her car.

what else needs to be done- the water pump, tensioner pulley, surp belt are what I'd expect, but what else is there on these engines> 1.8T, BTW.

also- can someone post a link to a good DIY on this????

TIA, mo

mobetta

and where's a good parts source?????????? thanks...

mobetta

so I found autohuazaz has good prices, I use them for my Benz and Volvo a lot.

what is a better water pump- bosch, graf or geba?

should I do the Hyd tensioner?

the car is just shy of 100K. MILES.

also looks like Oreilly has all parts in stock, right down the street- but crappy parts, no?? Gates belts aren't too bad, I guess. I would like to do the job this weekend, but dont want to use crap parts.

Tgr_Clw

Cutting it close with a t-belt job that late. Check PureMS or ECS for complete t-belt packages.

mobetta

yeah- well she gets all service done at the dealership- they like BIG$$$ jobs, apparently an $1100 T belt job isn't enough for them, they dont care about customer service as much as they love their money.

When she told me she was getting the 100K service done, I asked her to find out when the T belt had been changed last, so I would know when it was due- they never changed it!!!!!!
what is the Audi Spec on T belt Changes? I am tempted to call the service manager and question him- the dealership is also a benz dealer where I get a lot of my parts, and we have about 6 other Audi's in the immediate family circle which are serviced there.

Any recommendations on a good Indy in the Minneapolis-St Paul area?

Tgr_Clw

Post up in the regional forum for recommendations on an indy shop.

mobetta

I have read many T belt threads, but they were all on the v6 or v8 engines, I did not find one on the 1.8 yet.(Any favorite LINKs??)

any special tools needed? do I need the crank locking pin?

Thanks, mo

Suds_Zville

Here is a link I'm saving for my t-belt diy in the spring.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146166">http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146166</a</li></ul>

Boston3.0_CVT

It was somewhat significantly beyond the 60k miles that many on the board prefer to use. It may have been around the mid-model for the B6 where they shortened the time frame.