3.0 TFSI - What’s the Price for Timing Chain Replacement? 

I did the chain replacement myself. I hired a garage box for 1 month. pulled out the engine.

I whish we had someone like you in my country! Only OEM here. They charge an absolute ton of money for terrible service. What you charge for this monumental task is not bad at all! And the knowledge is priceless.. Thank you for what you are doing. I hope you realize how valuable your service are to the owners of these vehicles..

If i was living closer, you guys would be the first 1 to send my car to. Awesome service done

Back when I worked at an Audi dealership, we had a car in where we diagnosed a worn chain (2.4 FSI). Turned out the (former) owner had sent it over the border to get it fixed a year prior, because the Audi shop there did it cheaper. This shop changed the guides and tensioners, but left the original worn chain in. That, and not a single gasket replaced. Just RTV all over the place. No wonder they were cheaper.

Great video! I'm confused about the tightening the camshaft sprocket bolts. Everywhere it is noted, that you need to use a counter-force tool when tightening the bolts to avoid the breakage of camshafts, since camshaft locking brackets (and bolts) are not designed to withstand 80nm +90 degrees torque, but I didn't see you do it on that video.

Hey guys, great video. I did this and much more on my 4.2fsi which has the same chain setup. And my best hint is, that i ordered my chains from a German supplier called Febi Bilstein, which is known for cheaper parts. In this case tho they are reselling the genuine Audi parts ( chains and oil pump tensioner from IWIS, and chain guides from INA ) for way less money. I paid 280€ for the whole set of chains and tensioners ( plus 10€ for the small top guides from Audi as they are not included in the set ) and they actually have IWIS and INA markings on it. In total for all parts (incl. fluids, gaskets, etc.) and new engine mounts as they were done i paid 1200€ for the whole job including a rental engine lift as i dont have nice things. Engine runs fine for 3000km now

Love the videos and love this engine. Had an 2013 Audi s4 in dubai stage 2 revo tuned with supercharger pulley and stronic transmission, bought it 18months old with just 49k km, loved that car and put 100k on it in 3yrs. So rapid and smooth absolute joy to own, only broke down once near to my apartment underground car park, managed to limp it inside (was overheating) thermostat stuck shut a common issue apparently . Replaced that in the car park at night which was 95% humidity and 42oC almost got heat stroke lol. Using super unleaded and oil change every 10k km with mobil 1 0w/40 and flushed every time that engine was sweet as a nut when I sold it to the guy who bought my 2011 stage 2+ APR tuned Golf R which he px the golf r back to me for the Audi s4.

That seems like a really great price for the amount and quality of work being done. I wish your garage was in the U.S.

£2650 inc VAT for anyone who missed it. Water pump is extra but you’s be mad not to replace it. That sounds reasonable consdering the cost of parts, in fact hard to believe it only costs that. For a 2011 car, is it actually worth it?

fair price, i would not hesitate to pay it with you guys.

Really impressed with the work you guys do, so methodical and comprehensive. Fantastic I know where I will come if this type of job is needed. AJ

Good informative video but you have to get better with sound management... we can’t hear you but the music is deafening.

Great video guys! And I think that's a fair price for the amount of work needed to change the chains. But it is a bit funny to me that every time I see something about this engine it's an S4. Seems like this has sold best. I still enjoy it more in my A6 due to it being an A6 😅 Keep that great work!

For this price you can get a fully rebuilt 5.7 Hemi Engine in the US :) Audi is very expensive

Great informative detailed content about this engine platform!!👌 Much thanks from us B8/8.5 s4 owners in Canada.

How I wished I had a workshop with your skills around where I live

Thank you so much for posting these timing chain videos - so many forums and knowledge bases miss this and claim the engines are reliable except for PCV / Waterpump / Thermostat. Having to drop the engine just like the B6/7 is such a turn off from these cars. Shame they’ve got to be this way since I love mine as I’m sure most of the owners do. Wouldn’t have bought if I’d known.

Had a Nissan Maxima Mk2 with a beautiful 3.0L V6 motor, bought around 1995. Sold it to a friend of mine 6 years later with 115k kms on the clock, all that had been done is regular oil changes. He drove it for 10 years and sold it with 454k kms on the odo, no cam chain changed and was still able to lay rubber for the guy that bought it. It would appear that the new, improved engines are not improved, especially not from VAG.

I am totally baffled about the mechanical overcomplexity yet total vulnerability of the engine. That will keep me far away from VAG cars!

Very impressive operation you have here. Does this timing chain set-up affect all Audi/VW V6's of is there a date after which all the issues were resolved. I must admit to being very wary of buying into this hassle and expense. Thank you.

They take pride in there cars older car but well care for last a life time if done Correct great and awesome work 👍👍👍

Great Video guide ! In near future i will try to attempt that service myself , due to noisy cold start from left Tensioner but not as bad as in your video . Good tip with pushing in flaps when putting them back , i made that mistake once and again had to take off SC , I wish i had seen that video earlier :) Also your price for that job is very competitive and some of my local garages quote me a bit more . Thx for Video

You very good mechanic. Audi have lot problem. We hav 2 S4, big money engine. We sale ex CCCP gas turbine heli, jet Warbird MIG 23's, rebuild jet engines at our hangar. Always like watch you Audi engine repair. Sorry bad English spell. Greeting from Russia (Girood Airfield). ♥️

The car that you worked on actually had no issues at all at 100k, I'm guessing it could have done another 100k?

I have the same noise as in this video. Didn't think it was timing chain related as it sounds cyclical like something is on a duty cycle. I would have thought the timing chain would be more constant. I was thinking it was the vacuum pump as the noise is loudest in the middle of the engine - not the back

wow I mean that is not as bad as I expect for this service holy shit. thanks!

Thanks so much for this vid. I’ll definitely be coming to you guys for this job when the time is right. Keep up the good work!

A little disappointing when you consider how much these cars cost a they install such cheap plastic into the engines.

A mechanic told me they don’t charge specific items they charge hourly. So the most difficult job could be $130 a hour to the simplest same 130

You guys should open up a garage in Canada, hard to find real knowledgeable mechanics here. Cheers

Great work and brilliant video

Love your work guys. Great videos.

Nicely done! RTV on gaskets. NO!! I use a touch of Dow 111 Molycote on rubber gaskets; i.e., water pump gaskets, intake runner gaskets, or carefully on Fuel injection seals, etc. It is a great silicone grease that keeps the gasket in place and soft for years. Things just slide together more easily using it I feel. It is good up to 200C I think. Anyhow, maybe you guys know about it. Thanks for sharing. About to pull a B7 3.2 engine to do this very job soon. Do you prefer to drop the subframe/engine/trans out as one unit? Especially having a lift? Thanks boys.

If normal maintenance is performed with oil changes every 5000 miles (I'm in the US) when should I expect this service to be needed? I'm considering an Audi Q7 3.0. Thanks!

Great Video Thanks but i think you need to spend a bit of that 2.6k on a decent mic :P Thanks again

wow!!!!You are a Audi doctor !!! luv to see or videos mannn !!! i hope soon you will do an Audi SQ5 tdi ! Then maybe i can learn a few things hihihi

Hello from the US - Great channel, just subscribed 👍 would love to see a W motor teardown 😎

I have an old A6 with this engine and I'm battling with the thoughts of spending this money or just running it into the ground....I've made the mistake in the past of becoming too attached cars and dumping dead money into them but this engine is so special I just don't know what would replace it...not turbo unit can touch it for response and you need a V8 to match it it for punch

Like Audi's , they seem not to design them for ease of repair or reliability ?

Great videos. Thanks from Canada!

Why not change out the pcv and oil check valves.. while youre in there?

The price is Katowice for 3.0 tfsi is 5000$ (Audi dealer).

do the 3.0Ts jump time ? and how serious is the cold start rattle from the upper tensioners?

idk whats up with the sound but your voice is quiet and the music is so loud i have to keep adjusting volume.

A very fair price.

How do you clean the valves so well?! How would you recommend approaching re-sealing the camshaft girdle plate? Can it be done without removing the timing set, possibly just compressing the tensioner and pinning it? Silicone or the green anerobic sealant per Audi? Thanks mate, impressive work.

At the beginning, you hear the noise of the faulty chain. Is it on and off? Why? Translation: Au début, on entend le bruit de la chaîne défectueuse. Est-ce que c'est intermittent ? Pourquoi ?

What year does this normally affect? I'm possibly looking at buying one in a few years

Considering you get a timing chain service, waterpump thermostat, AND carbon cleaning, all of that done for £2650 ... you might as well buy a used a6 / a7 do this service and run it for 10 more years

nice video; pls voice und musik on the same volumen

Timing chain replacement cost in Munich, Germany, Oct. 2020: starting from 6200€ in a good independent service with 1 year warranty for parts and labour, around 11.000€ in a VAG dealership!!! PS: only 50 for a diagnostic?? it's 200€ here. Or I also found 10% out of the repair cost. This cost gets deducted if you repair your car in that service. Therefore if it costs 5000€ to fix your car, then you pay them 500€ for telling you what's wrong with it. PPS: one time though at an official Audi dealership I paid nothing for the diagnostic, since I was able to check everything beforehand by my own via OBD Eleven, so the dealership only confirmed my findings. They couldn't charge me for telling me something I already knew.

Nice job, l will do my A7 C7 3.0d Tdi with you pretty soon

At how many kilometers should the timing chain be changed?

I'm guessing it might be a similar price for the Audi 3.0 tdi engine that also has 4 chains? Great video btw :)

Wow… I thought timing-chain engines were supposed to be bulletproof. Not only that, VW made it so that you’d have to take out the entire engine if a timing-chain job was required. This thing wasn’t meant to be worked on by 98% of people.

In another video someone says theres 20.5 pins between cam marks. According to your video its 19.5. Do i just set the marks in the center and go? I have the two drive chains on, just need to make sure the camshafts are timed correctly. Im using all new timing components. Thanks. Your videos are awesome. Keep them coming.

Wish you were in the US

Quick question- for the spots where the timing cover makes contact with cylinder heads, do you put the sealant between the head gasket layers as well or just to the top and bottom?

Nice body work and everything 👌

Does this process require regassing of the aircon system once the engine comes out? Ive had a mechanic tell me needs to be done

when you do it, it seems so easy ... I wish I have the knowledge the the guts to try :-)

What was the total Cost????

Alot of the time with a noisy timing chain its just the hydraulic timing chain tensioner that needs replacing. This can be done quite easily without removing the engine. it will cost approx £300 to do this.

I need this service done on my 2013 B8.5 S4 and was quoted 8600.00 most of it labor. Its doesn't seem worth doing.

my bicycle chain is thicker than this audi timing chain.

which cylinder head takes the longer chain left or right

Is it possible to do this job by just dropping the transmission?

Lovely work great info 👍

Question, there is any milage that that job needs to be done like in a normal car id a belt, our its a case of wear of the parts?

Hi, love your context....can you tell me why so many engines have carbon builds up? I mean that The cars are often RS models, so is it petrol that is contaminted or...?

Great vid. How many miles were on this car roughly?

Hi, can you remove the upper timing chains without removing the main timing cover?

I'm living in midland tx and just got an audi q7 2017, I would like you to check mine when it need it where are you located, address?

Great video. Thank you!!

replace the battery in your smoke detector. It keeps chirping in your videos!

hi, i have the same problem with my Cayenne ...and i think its the same motor ..isnt It ?

What's with the "music too loud" comments? Am I deaf? I'm watching you guys work your magic and listening to some tunes at the same time..... I'm confused...

Need that hoodie!!!! From one sebby to another 👍🏽

Maybe I missed it, because I watched a 2x speed. How many total hours? Total cost?

Hey, I took a broken down Panamera Hybrid which has the same engine and sucked in water and hydrolocked the engine. I've taken the spark plugs out and turned the engine but can't turn it 360° it's turns maybe half way and stops. I'm wondering if you've come across anything like this and how bad was the damage. Regards Robert

Did i miss where he told the final cost?

My E class W211 320 cdi, has 380 000 km and It runs still without chain problems. If i wnat an Audi, then i take one without a chain but a belt

how long a job like this takes u guys? I assume it can be done in 6h? I mean a day

Is water pump and thermostat included in a price of 2650?

thank you so mach

That job would be 10 k £ in Norway, if not more. Plus parts.

I have a 2010 q7 Audi 3.0 I did timing but hard start ??????

One camshaft, six pushrods, hydraulic adjusters that's what's needed, why spend £2600 on unnecessary dohc. Still these guys are saving customers of "prestige cars," s fortune!!

hello, I also have an Audi 3.0 tfsi and it broke, I would like to put a 4.2 v8 instead of 3.0tfsi because I can't find it at a convenient price. what do you think, will I be able to make this transfer or will it be much more expensive?

Not a bad price I wish you where in usa

Great video! Question what's the part number for the two round seals on the timing cover and the oval seal above it

How does one avoid these issues or does it happen around a certain mileage Just wondering because I’m in the market for buying one Thanks in advance

Hey brother Xavier from. Spain here.... So I just bought a 2013 a6 3.0t with siezed engine... Can you please tell me where can I check to unsieazed it... Chains or bottom end... Can I drop the bottom oil pan to check for rod failure....thank you

Make a video timing the 1.9tdi pd engines. Trust me you will get lots of views

6:25 can someone provide me the part number for these gaskets? I couldn't find them in the diagram.

I live in the US and hate going to the dealer for service. They operate off the flat rate book which is to the benefit of the dealer/mechanic. What they charge for even the simplest work is obscene.

Great video again! So, what is the cost for this job?

Do you recommend replacing the intake cam adjusters

Does this engine also have the rockerarm bearing problem ?

You’re obviously aware that the sound modulation is terrible, makes it hard to watch, otherwise great video.