60000 mile service items

[Bill Rowe]

Was it a tough job?  How long did it take?  Any special tools required?
What's it cost to have a reputable shop do it?  I've only got 62k miles
on my 98 A6QA but it doesn't to be prepared.  Thanx.

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Andrew Duane USG
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:06 AM
To: Quattro List
Subject: Re: 60000 mile service items

Hairy green toads from Mars made Lundy, Andrew say:

> >www.12v.org suggests changing the water pump at 75k although you
would
> >typically change it when you do the timing belt at 90k.  Is this a
> >documented problem w/ the 12v V6?
>
> Not to my knowledge.  A lot of people talk about early water pump
failure on
> the 12v but I'm yet to see ONE actual case.  I'm sure it happens but I
don't
> think it's a widespread problem.

My 12V '95 A6QA started weeping from the water pump seal a little bit
at around 75K. I decided to do the WP and TB, etc by 80K, so I could
do it at my leisure, instead of waiting for the pump to fail more.
So, there is one data point.

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