Big freaking vent against Audi

[Mark L. Chang]

It might be worth mentioning that lots of 1.8t failures come from (IIRC)
tensioner failures.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:09:25AM -0500 or thereabouts, Todd Young wrote:
> 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.

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