[Biturbos4] Recommended service schedule

[Grant Lenahan]

i generally do 75. Keep in mind its almost never the belt anyway, but  
a water ump, tension roller etc that drags, heats, seizes and brings  
the whole house of cards down.

Grant
On May 4, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Long, Scott G A1C USAF AFMC 88 SFS/S4W  
wrote:

> I figured 105 was too late and 60k may be too early in most cases.  I
> chose the 90k interval but am doing it a little early.
>
> Scott G. Long
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Lenahan [mailto:glenahan at vfemail.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: Long, Scott G A1C USAF AFMC 88 SFS/S4W
> Cc: biturbos4 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Recommended service schedule
>
> In the official factory repair manual, it was listed as 105k, but then
> superceded with an asterisk to 60k for nearly all models and years of
> the C5 and B5 cars, apparently because of premature failures.
>
> Grant
>
> Long, Scott G A1C USAF AFMC 88 SFS/S4W wrote:
>> I've seen it listed as 60k, and others I've seen it listed at 90k,  
>> but
>> never 105k.  I'm at 85k and I don't know if the previous owner  
>> changed
>> it or now (I bought my 02 S4 w/ 59k) so I'm having mine done next
> week.
>> I bought all the parts from Blau and I got the valve cover gaskets
> from
>> International, so around $400 in parts, and 10.5 hr labor for those
>> replacements.  So I'm dropping around $1240 on the repair.  I wish I
> had
>> the tools to do it myself and save the money.  Next time maybe...
>>
>> Scott G. Long
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: biturbos4-bounces at diablo.audifans.com
>> [mailto:biturbos4-bounces at diablo.audifans.com] On Behalf Of mike
>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:21 AM
>> To: biturbos4 at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Recommended service schedule
>>
>>
>> 105k on the same timing belt? that's the sort of figure I would quote
> if
>> I made a living selling valves & head gaskets
>>
>>
>>> --- On Wed, 29/4/09, Wilson Northrup <northrup at crazybug.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
> http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi. 
> 2001.maintenance.sched.
>>>
>> pdf
>>
>>>
> http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi. 
> 2002.maintenance.sched.
>>>
>> pdf
>>
>>
>>
>>
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