dhillon884
Registered User
So the day I put it up on autotrader, i hear clunk clunk sounds when just checking over the engine...
Mechanic located it to the cambelt, timing belt area of the engine... couldn't see without taking off the black plastic but assumed it may have been tensioner (I trust him from past experience)...
So, car has done 74000, was selling it now so wouldnt need to pay for the cambelt ((due at 80k on this TDI) this is included in the price I want to sell it for). Doing the cambelt will have no benefit for me, as I don't want the car... So what shall i do?
If he is gona take the time to try sort this tensioner out (I dont even know if he can, we ran out of time today as I went at 6.30pm), then he could spend bit longer and jus take the front end off and do the cambelt... What do you guys reckon...
Patch it up (probably at no cost to me, CAN this be done anyone?? he said it is common on these engines), orr get him to do cambelt... or (Now is where another dilemma may kick in)... Get AUDI to do the cambelt and then try get top whack when i sell it??
Do people mind where the cambelt may have been done? This mechanic i worked a lot with during my mk1 and mk2 golfs, but i know he did a 2.5tdi cambelt on an Avant... mine is a cabriolet... so I trust he'd do it properly.
Very long winded question, but just need advice now... Didnt even drive 50miles back to uni today...
Mechanic located it to the cambelt, timing belt area of the engine... couldn't see without taking off the black plastic but assumed it may have been tensioner (I trust him from past experience)...
So, car has done 74000, was selling it now so wouldnt need to pay for the cambelt ((due at 80k on this TDI) this is included in the price I want to sell it for). Doing the cambelt will have no benefit for me, as I don't want the car... So what shall i do?
If he is gona take the time to try sort this tensioner out (I dont even know if he can, we ran out of time today as I went at 6.30pm), then he could spend bit longer and jus take the front end off and do the cambelt... What do you guys reckon...
Patch it up (probably at no cost to me, CAN this be done anyone?? he said it is common on these engines), orr get him to do cambelt... or (Now is where another dilemma may kick in)... Get AUDI to do the cambelt and then try get top whack when i sell it??
Do people mind where the cambelt may have been done? This mechanic i worked a lot with during my mk1 and mk2 golfs, but i know he did a 2.5tdi cambelt on an Avant... mine is a cabriolet... so I trust he'd do it properly.
Very long winded question, but just need advice now... Didnt even drive 50miles back to uni today...