timing belt\water pump renewal

[hendyc04]

Hi

noob seeking some advice

i've put my 98 A4 1.8T in for a service at a non audi garage in london
its got a whining noise coming from the water pump and they have suggested
that i get the timing belt done at the same time but they are charging seperate
labour for fitting the belt and the pump. when i rang audi for a quote
the 1st thing they said was that threre was no extra labour for the pump without
me even asking.
is this right ?

 

[hendyc04]

WARNING BEWARE White Rose Motors in london
got knocked for £470+VAT for timimg belt and waterpump.
what makes it worse is that i got a cheeper quote
from an audi stealer after i gave them the go ahead to do the
work(doh). and i still have to go back cos they used cheap'n'cheerfull
spark plugs not the audi longlife that i requested.
i wonder what else they skimped on ? i requested synthetic oil
does it make any difference if you switch between petroleum based and
synthetic oils ?

 

[imported_Yaseen]

Sorry to hear that, I had a case like this with a local body shop /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif

Feel better as lost him a fair bit of business through word of mouth /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/fuck_you.gif

Might be an idea to copy the above post in the dealer and specialist section so it doesn't get forgotten.