Can we please talk about A6 t-belt replacement intervals again???

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Michael L. Riebs say:

> > For the 98 A6 Audi owner's/maintenance manual says 90K, some of you say
> > 60K while others say 75K.  Some say 90K for 30V and 60K for 12V.  Which
> > is it?  Has anyone experienced or heard of a failure before 90K?  From
> > what I gather, the pump goes at around 75K which causes the belt to go.
> > Does the pump show any warnings before it goes?  TIA
> 
> All I know is, that my dealer told me that my water pump is bad, and that
> while we are in there, we may as well do the timing belt too. That was the
> previous service manager speaking. When I went there today to inquire about
> my recall parts on the V8, and to schedule the service, the old service
> manager had been replaced (permanently) with a new one, who gave the same
> advice. And lo and behold - one of the service techs walked up and agreed.
> The car is a '98 A6 Avant with 65K on it right now.

I had heard 60K for the 12V (which I used to own) and 90K for the
30V (which I own now). I did my 12V at 75K because the water pump
chirped and dribbled. My mechanic had said 90K was sufficient, and
all he does is Audis/VWs. So it may well be that Audi has backed
off to 90K "officially" for even the 12Vs.

But, as has been pointed out, these are interference engines. The
pnalty for guessing wrong is pretty high.

> BTW it has the following "codes" in the odometer when I first start the car:
> ln1
> ln2

They are actually "IN1" and "IN2", which means service interval 1
(30K) and service interval 2 (60K) are due.

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