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    Found oil leak $100 in parts $2000 in labor reasonable

    My tuner found a leak and so the parts are new

    077 198 025A, Valve Cover Gasket Set 1
    07/31/2013 Sales 077 198 217, Tensioner Gasket Kit 2
    07/31/2013 Sales 078 103 113E, Cam Plug 2
    07/31/2013 Hours Install Valve Cover, Cam Adjusters and
    Cam Plugs 20hrs

    is this reasonable?

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    If that is the passenger side, the book says to remove the engine to get the valve cover off.

    However, it is known that this repair can be done with the engine in the car. The coolant pipe that wraps around the cylinder head needs to be loosened, and carefully "flexed" out if the way, while sliding the cover off. A good mechanic could do this in under 3 hours.
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    3hrs to R&R a pair of vale covers - 45mins drivers side, 135mins passenger side....

    Don't trust 'book time' on this one as the work can be completed without removal of engine. I could fly return trip air to you, perform the work, stay at a hotel with three round meals a day, and still make money for the price you're being quoted. That said though, if you don't have access to someone able to perform the work while the engine is in, then the costs balloon for sure.
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    Audi charged me $3500 part+labor to do this same work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marklar182 View Post
    Audi charged me $3500 part+labor to do this same work.

    Extended warranty paid
    ditto

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    Can buy a lot of oil for $6 a quart. Keep filling it till the motor needs to be pulled for the trans. Shouldn't be long.

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    Guys thanks for the info. Time on this forum is well spent, I do have a fidelity warranty but powertrain only.

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