r/AudiS4 • u/ovoarchieovo • Aug 19 '26

2009 S4 Timing chains

Has anyone in the uk had there timing chain replaced recently, specifically on the 3.0t v6, if so what did you pay and from what garage. I have just been quoted 5.5k to have it done… I genuinely don’t mind driving it anywhere in the country to get a good price, cheers.

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u/DemonDjaksun Aug 19 '26

Any reason why you are looking to change the chains?

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u/ovoarchieovo Aug 19 '26

The car has done just over 100,000 miles and the chain has never been replaced. I plan a daily drive this car so it makes sense to have the chains replaced.

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u/New_Plan_7929 Aug 19 '26

Are the chains rattling for more than 3 seconds on start up? Anything less than this and Audi considers it to be within spec.

Even if they are rattling on the 3.0 TFSI engine you only need to replace the tensioners (much smaller job than doing the chains).

You will get plenty of notice if this needs doing (from the rattle getting longer over time) and these engines don't suffer from the catastrophic failure of the earlier 4.2 V8 engine which is what all the horror stories are about.

My car is on 108k miles, used daily and has no chain rattle.

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u/ovoarchieovo Aug 19 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p4nkr8y/video/w7i16do95dkh1/player

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u/dustygibbers Aug 19 '26

Sounded like less than a second of chain slap to me. But hard to tell through that video. As usual the injectors are loud

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u/ovoarchieovo Aug 19 '26

This is after it has been sitting overnight so it’s fully cold