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Title: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - DV & Cam done
Post by: prp74 on April 03, 2013, 11:15:04 pm: Hi,

Need some work doing (DV & cam follower), can anyone recommend a place near Harrow/London?

Many thanks.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: chowgar on April 03, 2013, 11:22:30 pm: look pretty easy jobs TBH loads of how to's on here
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: S4nup on April 03, 2013, 11:42:34 pm: There's a vag specialist round the back of where the Royal Mail depot is, or a garage that I use in Phoenix industrial estate, by the civic centre
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: S4nup on April 03, 2013, 11:43:07 pm: Both in harrow btw
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: prp74 on April 03, 2013, 11:53:11 pm: Thanks - would you know the name?
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: S4nup on April 04, 2013, 01:04:13 am: The specialist is www.audivwsc.co.uk/
The place I take my car to is :http://www.harrowautoservice.com/index.php

The guy is trustworthy and won't rip you off. Many occasion I've self misdiagnosed for the worst and he has always been honest and fixed things cheaply. Example, I thought my dmf was on its way out, did the research and when I told him i thought it was my dmf, he could have ripped me right there. Instead he had a look, explained it was just my tensioner rattling cause it was loose and tightened it and didn't charge me for it. I know garages that would have taken advantage if the situation.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: prp74 on April 04, 2013, 07:16:49 am: Thanks mate.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on April 04, 2013, 11:36:46 am: I can recommend Russell Automotive in Kingsbury. I received great service when I got my NQSBBK fitted there.

If you go there say I recommended you. Steve is a good guy.

http://rac-london.co.uk/
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage?
Post by: prp74 on April 04, 2013, 06:31:41 pm: Thanks kalps
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - update
Post by: prp74 on April 06, 2013, 01:14:57 pm: Just a quick update went to Russell Automotive and they quoted £130 for the DV and fitting. He also said its not worth changing the Cam Follower. The audi specialist in harrow quoted half the price, so I'm going to get it done there. He also mentioned if its worth changing the cam follower. But after reading some of the threads, I think I might as well, so I'm going to change that for my peace of mind.

Thanks guys for your help.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - update
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on April 06, 2013, 03:39:41 pm: Yeah you may as well get both done for peace of mind.

Thats pretty pricey from Russell. Let me know how you get on at the Audi specialist, might go there myself next time.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - update
Post by: prp74 on April 06, 2013, 05:18:52 pm: Will do as its booked for next week
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - update
Post by: PDT on April 06, 2013, 08:00:25 pm: DV is £32 and takes 20 mins to fit including putting up on ramps. So that's about £300 labour :grin:

Follower is £28 and takes 30 mins max.
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - DV & Cam done
Post by: prp74 on April 13, 2013, 12:07:43 pm: Went to http://www.audivwsc.co.uk/ and they did my DV and cam follower. Have to say impressed with the service.

The car really feels much better and I'm sure it's not just in my head :smiley:
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - DV & Cam done
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on April 13, 2013, 02:28:10 pm: Quote from: prp74 on April 13, 2013, 12:07:43 pm
Went to http://www.audivwsc.co.uk/ and they did my DV and cam follower. Have to say impressed with the service.

The car really feels much better and I'm sure it's not just in my head :smiley:

Good to hear. Will most likely get a quote from them in future.

What did your old DV/CF look like?
Title: Re: Anyone recommend a London/Harrow garage? - DV & Cam done
Post by: prp74 on April 13, 2013, 02:36:59 pm: Just a bit worn. But the car feels better. Going back next week as I need to replace some suspension bushes, which they noticed when the car was on the ramp.