1990 AUDI 80

Tue Jul 17 13:46:18 EDT 2001

matt payne writes:
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> <P>Fellas,</P>
> <P>I have a 1990 audi 80 (4 cylinder) with a few ticks under 140,000 miles.&nbsp; Is there any way i can tell when to replace the timing belt and what is the recommended replacement interval.&nbsp; The car runs perfect and i want to keep it that way for many thousand miles more.&nbsp; Also, is the engine an interference engine meaning that when the timing belt does break, the valves hit the pistons and all hell breaks loose, or is there enough clearance bettween the valves and&nbsp;pistons so that there will be no resulting damage.&nbsp; Thanks for you time and insight.</P>

The generally recommended replacement interval is 60K miles.  If you
have not replaced the belt ever, do it now.  The high compression motor
you have may be interference when spinning at speed, so you don't want
the belt to break.

P.S. Turn off the HTML please. Thanks.

-Ti
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