Well the whirring noise was a whealbearing.
06-01-2006, 07:25 AM
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Well the whirring noise was a whealbearing.
I brought in my car to get this checked out and they said that the wheel bearing was shot. good thing it made it cross country. I had them check into this creaking that was coming from the engine bay...... $2500 later they say that the ?cam shaft tensioner? has failed!
I asked of there was any overlapping labor for the timing belt or anything else that i should do right now while they are tearing stuff down.
They guy said NO, is this true? They are ordering the parts and will get back to me.
For a wheel bearing and tensioner job they are booking like 20hrs of labor?? I dont know if i care cause the warrenty company should pay for it but i want to know if they are being honest.
I asked of there was any overlapping labor for the timing belt or anything else that i should do right now while they are tearing stuff down.
They guy said NO, is this true? They are ordering the parts and will get back to me.
For a wheel bearing and tensioner job they are booking like 20hrs of labor?? I dont know if i care cause the warrenty company should pay for it but i want to know if they are being honest.
06-01-2006, 08:05 AM
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Who has quoted this work?
The wheel bearing is MAYBE 2 hours labor, max. I've never heard of a cam shaft tensioner in these engines, just the timing belt tensioner. Each set of camshafts has a chain tying them together, but I don't believe that there is a tensioner for either one of them. I just looked at ETKA and neither the 32 valve or the 40 valve engines have anything called a cam tensioner. I would definitely get a better description of what they "think" the problem is (other than that their wallets are too thin).
06-01-2006, 09:45 AM
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I just happened to sit next to....
Mr. Stammler and his wife in the VIP tent at the World Cup Races in Beaver Creek this year. (Miller/Rhalves 1-2 and 2-1 in the downhill and GS!!!). They seemed to be very nice people, if a little on the aged side ;-) He indicated that he drove a new 2006 A8 up to the races, and both he and his wife said they loved it. I've never been to their dealership though, too far away for me.
