Proud new owner of 98 A6

[Michael L. Riebs]

> I wrote Audi not dealer.  Check your owner's/maintenance manual that
> came w/ your wife's Avant.

As I said before, I know what the manual says, but I think Audi has reduced
this upon experience with the cars. Seems like I read that tidbit on one of
the lists a few weeks ago.

> When the dealer replaces your timing belt
> will that be covered under the extended warranty?

I don't know if I can get the belt done under the warrantybynet warranty.
Isn't that a maintenance item? I don't think that routine maintenance is
covered. Just broken stuff, like the water pump. They're supposedly covering
that part, and the dealer said that since the timing belt ought to be
changed, they'll only charge me for the parts as extra - so around $250 on
top of the water pump warranty repair.

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q (#7)
'98 A6Q Avant (#6)
Only 6 & 7 remain.


> > Audi recommends 90k, some Q listers have recommended 75k.  Isn't 60k a
> > bit premature?
>
> Actually my wife's A6Q Avant has 65K on it, and now has a leaky water
> pump -
> which is being replaced by warrantybynet.com. The dealer told me that we
> may
> as well do the timing belt at the same time, "since that ought to be
> done at
> 60K" according to the dealer here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
>
> Don't know - which dealer recommended 90K to you? I seem to have read
> (on
> the list?) that it *used* to be recommended at 90K, but the mileage has
> been
> reduced since the manual was printed to 60K. Any BTDT's?