Old, not new to cars but new to Audi

[sonico3]

Hello, thanks for letting me join, I have just got a 2.8 quattro A6 in 1997 flavour. She's an old beast and she likes a drink for sure, but I took it in a swap for a ford probe so I guess I'm winning so far !

I quite like the old girl, but it needs a cambelt change ..... 13 years since it was last done, however the car has only done about 8k miles in that time... so here's the dilemma .........

do I get it done ( any ideas on prices for that appreciated ) and roll around in it for the next couple of years, or continue playing cambelt roulette and see what happens, it could last for years ?????

Are they expensive to maintain over a couple of years ? I do about 4k miles a year so not really worried by the mpg, moreso the overall sort of cost, nothing seems to be wrong with it and it has 4 new tyres.

sorry for the long intro

[Steve Q]

Welcome to the forum Martin (from a fellow c5 owner), you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂

great looking a6, but I feel.like I've seen it before on here.....

Here are the threads: 

 

 

 

if it we're mine I'd have the cambelt done for peace of mind but you'll need to budget around £500 as the front of the car has to come off and it's cambelt and water pump that needs changing. It might be worth you ringing around your lovely Audi dealers as sometimes they have offers on to have the cambelt and water pump changed. 

cheers

Steve

[sonico3]

Thanks for that Steve, I got the car as the deal with the rover thing didn't work out for my mate, and he swapped the Audi with my probe instead.

doubt I'll be spending £500 upwards to get the belt done though, I don't see it putting that much value on the car tbh, I was hoping for around £300 so I'm well out with my estimation lol.

looks like I might invest in a decent breakdown recovery policy and continue with the cambelt roulette game ! although I may ring around a few specialists and see what the prices are locally, thanks again for the input though , appreciated.

[Steve Q]

Not a problem, glad I could help 🙂