Repairs cost as much as the car is worth

Benny Christensen is the automotive expert of Broom. In the "Ask Benny" section on broom.no, he answers everything about a car.

Here is one of the questions from the last Web meeting:

Hi Benny. I have an Audi A4 with gas engine. He is ten years old, I was very unlucky with the car. The water pump was switched to 132,000 km in 2017 and on 31.08.18, the locating chain crossed a tooth that caused the valve to fail in the upper lock.

When the yard passed the threshold and started the engine, they thought the engine had become unstable at idle and started debugging. They found that on the No. 1 cylinder, pad feathers had burned. With zero compression accordingly.

The car has not yet exceeded 140,000 km …

All oil changes and maintenance are tracked at authorized car dealers. 95% to the mark. Only once in another approved workshop.

Now I have a cost between 60,000 and 80,000 kroner for a used car that has followed all maintenance intervals. It's about the same as the car is worth …

Do you think I could make sure Møller pays for it or can I just pay for it and swallow all the camels ???

Cordially. Dead in

Benny answers:

Hello Morten. I understand that you are trying to find another way out of this disability.

If we talk about repairs of about 80,000 crowns, it is about the same amount as the corresponding cars are traded in the used market.

In other words, it is good to stop and think about it once or twice before saying "go ahead".

If we look at the facts, this car had a three-year warranty when it was new or 100,000 kilometers. What comes first In this way, you are now miles away, even if your car has not gone very far.

The fact that this happens, even if you have followed all the services and taken care of the car, is to look for. But the Audi gasoline engines were hit with some problems, so you probably would not have done much to avoid that. Without being
By claiming, I doubt that you will be covered by Audi or the importer in this case. Just because the car is too old and has gone too far. According to the law, you have no rights in this way.

Jussen is cold and numb, but it may be that the workshop you used has a little compassion for a loyal customer – at least, one can hope for – and that he is ready to give you a good price for this job. You should post the case
pass on to them and hear what they have to say.

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Replacement of the motor?

With Norwegian hourly prices, what you have discovered becomes very expensive. Another option is to get more offers at work. I will think that someone can repair for you something cheaper than the price that was announced to you.

Just be sure to use good and serious people. This is a rather large job. There are a lot of cheap repairs that have become expensive and have resulted in a lot of frustrations, racing and time overruns.
has ballet on an expensive basis too.

It is also difficult to completely determine what happened without completely disassembling the engine. Such as stamps to be exchanged? Should the engine be pierced? Etc. This may result in additional costs. However, without knowing what he's already offering you
implies here. For me, this starts at the end of the engine change.

I now feel that I have too much salt in the wound, but my experience is that it is almost impossible to actually afford such work without disassembling everything for inspection. Then half of the work has already been done.

If an engine exchange is available, there are engines of this type, called "short blocks", for example a motorcycle with full entry, in Germany, about 1500 euros. (Applies 1,8 gasoline) that can be very useful to consider.

Another option may be to sell the car "in a mess – in the state" as an object of repair, to someone who has the nail, who turns and who repairs himself. He will always have some value if chosen. For this money plus everything
repair costs, you will get a similar car on the used market.

So, there are more ways out of this deficiency, but I'm probably afraid that they all bet that you have to swallow one or two camels.

I wish you good luck and good luck with that!

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