300,000 miles and still going strong.

[Drew Boyd]

Welcome to the 300 club :)

100+ miles a day on mine with well over 300 k miles on it... lost a
fuel pump once thats it...


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:14:07 -0500, Brett Dikeman
<quattro at frank.mercea.net> wrote:
> Paul Cole wrote:
> 
> >Just had to have a minor celebration-
> >Today my 1991 200tq20V rolled through 300,000 miles.
> >
> >
> Keep an eye on the cam chain, and the distributor gear (if the dist gear
> is plastic, I'm amazed it's lasted that long).  Also- tranny seals,
> particularly passenger front (exhaust tends to cook the seal), brake
> lines, and rear upper suspension links are some of the issues I've faced
> as the 200q20v gets "up there".
> 
> The crank breather hose also loves to go flat every 100k or so; unlike
> the 10v/10vt, Audi never felt it appropriate to redesign the part with a
> metal section.
> 
> Around 300k, I'd also be thinking about compression/leakdown test and
> maybe a peek inside the cylinders with a boroscope to see how things are
> holding up, if I intended to keep the car.
> 
> B
> 
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