Timing Belt Broke!!

**zz10** · 07-01-2008 10:44 AM

Rough news to hear, but my timing belt broke. it crashed into the cylinder head and i need a new one. does anyone hear know where to get a performance cylinder head instead of the stock version??? thanks

**scoTT la rock** · 07-01-2008 11:37 AM

damn! that totally sucks man!!

how many miles on the car??

thats gonna be an expensive fix no doubt.

best of luck!!

**InTTruder** · 07-01-2008 11:46 AM

HPA may build a performance head, but to date no one has seen the need to do much more. A chipped 225 can easliy get 275 HP on stock equipment, decent exhaust, and a VTDA from www.modshack.info.

Mileage? How long you had it? Expect to pay 6K or more to have an engine fixed. I had this happen, and we replaced everything (yup) between the intake and exhaust ports. Only the acccessories remained.

If you go cheap, a head may do OK. No estimate for that.

**zz10** · 07-01-2008 03:19 PM

im the second owner and iv had it for about 3 years and its a 01 with about 73 thousands miles

**PRY4SNO** · 07-01-2008 11:28 PM

Hey, sorry to hear about your bad luck.

The same situation was my introduction to repairing and maintaining Audis.

Cost was ~ $5,000 at a dealership for stock everything.

Good luck, and enjoy the upgrades!

**JettaRedII** · 07-02-2008 09:38 PM

Factory reman head from www.1stvwparts.com is your best bet.

Part 06A103265EX or 06A103265NX.

**InTTruder** · 07-05-2008 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by zz10

im the second owner and iv had it for about 3 years and its a 01 with about 73 thousands miles

3000 miles overdue for a timing belt job: the important part is the tensioner. It actually fails, not the belt per se.

Sorry for the mishap. Luck on the fix.

**scoTT la rock** · 07-05-2008 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by InTTruder

3000 miles overdue for a timing belt job: the importatn part is the tensioner. It actually fails, not the belt per se.

thank god i was on the audi forums before i even got my TT, so i knew about the 60K rule before i even took possession of my car. got it done @ 60.5K and all is well....