What, if any liability from Audi, T-belt.

[Joshua Van Tol]

>  >I'm
>>  rebuilding the engine out of a 1985 saab 900 turbo right now, and the
>>  timing chain related components are going to cost me $300 or so. They
>>  are spendy. The belt and idler on an audi can't cost much more than
>>  $100 or so.
>>  Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com
>
>The *original* timing chain, I'll bet.

Yep, but not the original tensioner, that was replaced at about 140k,
it's now at 230k. The chain has been loose and noisy for about the
last 40k miles, and the tensioner was all the way extended. Changing
the chain, guides, sprockets, and tensioner is pretty much an engine
out deal.
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Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com