Timing Belt on a 3.0

[Dan DiBiase]

Mark, what sort of maintenance extends the life of a timing belt?

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA





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From: Mark R <speedracer.mark at gmail.com>
To: Max Baker <max at warped.org>
Cc: quattro list <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:06:48 PM
Subject: Re: Timing Belt on a 3.0

That's early for a well maintained 3.0, from my experience.  That said, if
she's planning on keeping it for a while, it'll have to be done sooner or
later.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Max Baker <max at warped.org> wrote:

> Chris Semple wrote:
> >   What year AR does she have? Should be a 2.7L twin turbo, the 3.0L
> > engines were in the regular A6 wagons.
> >
>
>
> Turns out it's a 2004 A6 Wagon.   I guess her mechanic told her that
> he's seen them go out at 85k on those cars, but she was looking for a
> 2nd opinion.
>
> Thanks,
> -m
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