Need advice on a 2000 A6 4.2

[Grant Lenahan]

1. 4.2 is very durable.  treat it to 8 qts of good synthetic every,  
say, 5-8k miles.Curse hans who placed the wine bottle sized oil  
filter behind the cradle and the anit-roll bar.  Drink old oil.
2. TB service is now suggested at 60k ( audi revision) 75k ( general  
consensus).  It is very costly on that car. $2500 at my dealer;  
$1600-1900 indie, with OEM parts - this includes serp belt, seals,  
the works.
3. all C5 cars eat TREs and control arms ( 4 ball joints per wheel)  
roughly at oil change intervals. OK, that's extreme, but 60-70k is  
roughly the going interval.
4. the 4.2 motors is rated for torque just beyond what the tranny can  
handle. you heard me right. On D1/D2 A8s they are eating torque  
converters.  Do regular service and dotn abuse it and all is well.  
Run it at 105% and all is not well.

IMO, very nice cars. I have an 02 S6

Grant

On Sep 28, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Anthony Ander wrote:

> Hello Gentlemen,
>
> Long time listener - great list!
>
> I need advice on a 2000 A6, 4.2L (quattro) with just over 100k mile.
> Very clean Colorado car; owner said it need the 106k mile engine
> belt change.
>
> Do you guys have any recommendations on what to look for, expected
> issues with this MY car at this mileage.
>
> I have recently sold my 1990 A80Q 2.3L, manual, with 200k miles and
> have been very happy with that ownership.
>
> Any inputs, suggestions, warnings MUCH appreciated!
> Also, what would be a fair price to offer?
>
> Thank you,
> Tony Ander, Palmer Lake, CO.
>
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