Well the car went into audi yesterday. Should have it back next Saturday.
I took my car in this afternoon, for the engine rebuild to start in the morning.
Things have moved on quite quickly for me. I took my car in to the dealership on Saturday for the final part of the oil consumption test. No prizes for guessing that it FAILED. I went through a litre of oil in 350 miles, which is roughly what I thought it was.
Anyway, as a result my car had initially been booked in for a full 5 days Mon-Fri a few weeks ahead. However, they have brought it forward and it is now starting tomorrow. The dealership were already in the middle of another one, and they stated that if they are able to leave designated technicians, assigned purely to the engine rebuild, with no other jobs to do, then they are now able to complete it in 3 days. So it starts tomorrow morning, and I shlould have it back by Friday afternoon. Then hopefully I can get on with enjoying my new car.
DEALERSHIP - I have been taking my car to my nearest Audi dealership, Glasgow Audi at Hillington/Braehead.
I can not speak highly enough of the level of service that I have received from them. I have now dealt with virtually ALL of their service dept staff and a few of their technicians, and they have all been very helpful and understanding of the situation I found myself in, with a used car(but new to me obviously) that had a full Audi service history. I have made it clear from the start that I was aware of the issues with the 2.0T FSi engine and that the oil consumption would appear to be excessive, even for a car that is now out of manufacturers warranty with 57000 miles on the clock. But none the less Glasgow Audi have progressed with assisting with my issues without even the hint of a cross word between us, as is what can inevitably happen in these situations.
All this, and the initial Oil Consumtion Tests were carried out 'good-will' warranty work, AND just yesterday I was told that this would be continued right through to include the FULL costs involved in the entire engine rebuild with pistons/conrod etc.
AUDI ARE COVERING 100% OF THE ENTIRE BILL!!! (even the dealership takes care of about 9% of that, but they are happy that I will now be a new customer for them, which I 'WILL')
A4B8Sline - I even mentioned that I had read about your situation and the costs you are contributing to your identical repair, they seemed genuinely surprised that you were facing such a repair bill........
But equally did say that a large part of the descretion with out of warranty repairs, does lie with the dealership, so its a hard one to call. Further to that, they mentioned that labour charges do increase the further down south of the UK you are in, I have certainly heard of London labour charges being FAR higher, but their price for the entire job would not come to quite the £3800 you were quoted.
So, I know you have already given the green light for the repair, but it might be worth having another go at them regarding the price etc.
Good luck and let us know how you get on, and I hope that my experience is of use to others out there. Thans to you guys for your updates etc.
I just hope the repair goes well and my car performs as it should after all this. I'm sure it will, fingers crossed, and I'll update with how the repair goes. Thanks again.