Whats a coolant flange job go for at the dealer?

[Mike02A4]

Just wondering, mines in there now getting it done under CPO warranty. Won't have the car back until monday cuz the only one they had in stock was damaged! Also, how much coolant usually spills out when they do the job? My coolant is old, but I was gonna have it flushed when I do the timing belt.

[dirtybrd]

Way more then it's worth paying.

[A4TL]

$200 bucks parts and labor and green cts (best do that too) and fluids.

with the motor hot.

[J-jizzle]

Im finishing mine up tomorrow. I got the flange out fairly easy but having the Intake Manifold already off helped me out. Was not as bad as ppl lead it on to be.

Hey A4TL, what is green cts?

[old guy]

Im finishing mine up tomorrow. I got the flange out fairly easy but having the Intake Manifold already off helped me out. Was not as bad as ppl lead it on to be.

Hey A4TL, what is green cts?

Clicky click

[A4TL]

my car is on #3 green cts at 104K miles :) gotta love german electronics.

[J-jizzle]

Ok thanks Old Guy. That thing is easy to get out so Ill just wait till it screws up till I replace it. Dang A4TL #3. I think mine is stock even though im 3rd owner with 76k.

[HeHateMe]

My dealer wanted around 500 bucks iirc.

[Mike02A4]

My dealer wanted around 500 bucks iirc.

Hopefully its $500, this way I can feel like i'm stiffing them somehow

[HeHateMe]

Hopefully its $500, this way I can feel like i'm stiffing them somehow

It wound up being covered under CPO. Again, I'm not totally sure if was the coolant flange but I'm about 75% sure lol. I know that it was something like that and my mechanic said he would do it for 200 something.

[A4TL]

yup failure at 80K , failure at 104k.

i wonder if i could get money back for the first failure due to recall. they wouldn't budge on the 104K recall letter.

lame.

[HeHateMe]

yup failure at 80K , failure at 104k.

i wonder if i could get money back for the first failure due to recall. they wouldn't budge on the 104K recall letter.

lame.

probably blame it on your evil software upgrade and ungodly huge injectors

[woofster]

If i remember correctly, Audi dealers allocate 3 hours labour (so roughly $360) and the coolant flange itself which is about $90.

[J-jizzle]

If i remember correctly, Audi dealers allocate 3 hours labour (so roughly $360) and the coolant flange itself which is about $90.

$90 bucks??? I paid $20 for mine from the dealer.

[Elliott]

No way is the coolant flange a 3 hour job for an audi tech. It took me just under 45 minutes to do swap it out.

[wolfdog]

How much coolant spills out? I'm doing mine with the TB shortly but wondering if I should just do it separately.

[orangelmo]

The sensor underneath empties your whole coolant tank

[woofster]

$90 bucks??? I paid $20 for mine from the dealer.

Yeah, that does seem high when you think about it. It was a while ago that I got this quote. I think the parts & labour costs might've included a G12 engine coolant flush. In any case, all you need to know is that the dealer will charge you an arm & a leg! The coolant flange replacement is not a difficult task, the hardest part is getting your hands in there to access it.

[J-jizzle]

How much coolant spills out? I'm doing mine with the TB shortly but wondering if I should just do it separately.

I want to guess about 20oz or maybe more when you take the flange off. You will want something to catch it in for sure. But I had already drained some of the fluid before hand.