Liamfm
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A few weeks ago the car was in for an oil change. Tech noticed a "large oil leak" and it was in today for diagnostics. Result is it needs a rear timing cover gasket and a drivers side valve cover gasket. Apparently the valve cover gasket can be performed at the same time for no charge, but the rear timing cover is listed at 42 hrs of labor and $1060 in parts for a total of $9526.80, none of which, they claim, is covered by Dieselgate.
The car is a 2015 Q7 TDI, inservice date of 2018, and only about 45k miles on it.
Any suggestions? Other than "audi really built a **** engine". My 12 year old had to ask, in front of the service person, why my 23 year old Saab with 200k miles has never needed anything on the engine except a single valve cover gasket (that I can do, in my driveway, with one arm behind my back in under an hour).
What's the best way to get the nice folks at Audi to have a look at this as a warranty claim? $9500 to change a gasket out on a car with 45k is just mind blowing.
And, what else should I have done while they are in there?
The car is a 2015 Q7 TDI, inservice date of 2018, and only about 45k miles on it.
Any suggestions? Other than "audi really built a **** engine". My 12 year old had to ask, in front of the service person, why my 23 year old Saab with 200k miles has never needed anything on the engine except a single valve cover gasket (that I can do, in my driveway, with one arm behind my back in under an hour).
What's the best way to get the nice folks at Audi to have a look at this as a warranty claim? $9500 to change a gasket out on a car with 45k is just mind blowing.
And, what else should I have done while they are in there?