Big freaking vent against Audi

[Todd Young]

My personal opinion is that the Audi V6 timing belt should be changed at
60K miles. Not so much because of the belt, but because of the water
pump that the timing belt drives. The water pumps usually last 60-70k miles.

If you read the original poster's 1st or second post to the list, there
was an indication of an oil leak onto the timing belt that most likely
caused the premature failure.

SO, take off the timing covers and check for oil leaks, if you see one,
go to the dealer and have it fixed under warranty, and make sure they
change the timing belt if there is evidence of oil on the timing belt.
Otherwise, I personally would NOT worry about the timing belt until 60K
miles.

Jon/Audi A4 wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Steve Sears wrote:
>
>
>>In the meantime - to all Audi owners who think their timing belt can go 60k
>>miles or more before replacement - CHANGE YOUR TIMING BELT EARLY AND
>>OFTEN!!! (pass it on...please)
>
>
> Wow... now I have 42k on my car.  Warranty covers it until 50k.  I know
> audi isn't going to replace it before 50k (without failure) so are you
> saying that I should replace it at 50,001?
>
> I know I am going to be out of warranty before the 4 yr warranty on the
> car.  Yes, in 2001 AoA changed the warranty to 4 yrs instead of 3, but
> that is useless to me as I always hit the mileage first.  I was hoping to
> put off the TB change until ~60k .. becasue by ~60k I will have the car
> paid off and the first month w/o a car payment, I was planning on doing
> the timing belt.
>
> Is your above statement a blanket statement based on mileage alone? Does a
> car that gets more mileage in a shorter amount of time (less environmental
> affects on the TB itself) have a longer mileage life (closer to 60k)?
>
> I have read Audiworld alot and have seen more failures over 60k than I
> have under 60k.  Many more people replace their TB at/around 60k...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon
>
>

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Todd Young
7079 Dawn Ave. E.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076