Cambelt replacement - East London area (who to use?)

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Olly1

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My Brother needs the cambelt done on his 1.6 FSI. I have told him to do the water pump at the same time but who should he use?

Audi are only 100m away so great for convenience but they charge £429 for just the cambelt.

Is there anyone else worth using?
He also needs an MOT and a engine mgnt light looked at. Have done a scan and its an air leak of some sorts as the following codes came up.
3 Faults Found:
17912 - Intake Air System: Leak Detected
P1504 - 35-00 - -
17559 - Long Term Fuel Trim Additive Air; Bank 1; Range 1: System too Lean
P1151 - 35-00 - -
16891 - Idle Control System RPM: Higher than Expected.
P0507 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
Readiness: 0000 0001


Problem is i`ve had a look around and can`t see any cracked or split hoses.


Last time I enquired about servicing in East London and you guys put me in touch with the Legendary SARGE who now services my brother and my cars but I`m guessing the cambelt is a bit more of a specialist job??

Thanks in advance.
 
I use russel for my annual service. They are good independent at Kingsbury, expanded to a larger place in the last couple of years so they must have got a good traction of growing customer base. Will be far for you. Why not call 4rings? They service that side of the city and has had a good reputations.

Audi charges a standard £429 for cambelt change for anything up to 2L. This is stated on their website as fixed price (it was £399 last year, not sure when they raised it). Water pump is additional. My cambelt is also due for age reason but I inspected it and the belt looks spanking with almost no signs of cracking or even wear, pulleys also look brilliant! So I might go to Russell for cambelt this or next year.
 
humps said:
I use russel for my annual service. They are good independent at Kingsbury, expanded to a larger place in the last couple of years so they must have got a good traction of growing customer base. Will be far for you. Why not call 4rings? They service that side of the city and has had a good reputations.

Audi charges a standard £429 for cambelt change for anything up to 2L. This is stated on their website as fixed price (it was £399 last year, not sure when they raised it). Water pump is additional. My cambelt is also due for age reason but I inspected it and the belt looks spanking with almost no signs of cracking or even wear, pulleys also look brilliant! So I might go to Russell for cambelt this or next year.
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Thanks Humps.
I wasn't sure if 4 rings did cambelts. Might give them a call.
 
4rings do pretty much everything. They did my cousin's Tdi intercooler last year - very good work and very competitive pricing.
 
Olly1 said:
Do you use them or have you just heard good things about them?

Any idea on the price for the cambelt and waterpump?
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Cost me about £400 flat or just under last year with all bits n bobs replaced including alternator belt. I sat and watched the a lad work on the car through the window (big lad with huge hands TOP BLOKE) i have no doubt they are the real deal after that. My car was on a ramp up / down up / down and at all times during the work you could eat off the floor beneath. And then they went and washed - Vacumed the car! Pro's in every sense of the word - also just been on their site and they are running 10% off all cambelt changes up to 2Lt cars.
 
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