"2001 AUDI A6 2.7L BI-TURBO"

[Grant Lenahan]

And that usage, i will nearly guarantee, is wearing valve stem seals and/or guides. Whcih means....nothing except you will continue to use oil.

Or that's my predictioon

Grant
On Apr 7, 2011, at 4:48 PM, mike wrote:

> my '99 S4 has just gone through 200k. It's had oil every 6k and has only just started needing a top up between changes
> 
> --- On Sat, 2/4/11, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
>> Subject: Re: "2001 AUDI A6 2.7L BI-TURBO"
>> To: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
>> Cc: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Date: Saturday, 2 April, 2011, 14:42
>> 300k I doubt, 200k I could see. 
>> 
>> -Cody (mobile)
>> 
>> On Apr 2, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Cody Forbes wrote:
>>>> Your tech buddies ONLY SEE THE BROKEN ONES. The
>> cars that aren't broken are
>>>> not in the shop for the techs to see. I'd never
>> buy an S4, but I'd be all
>>>> over a manual trans A6tt. The A6's don't have the
>> under-hood heat problems
>>>> for the most part and are generally pretty
>> reliable cars on the Audi scale.
>>> 
>>> That's the first positive review I've seen. 
>> Everything else has warned of
>>> turbos dying as early as 60K miles.
>>> 
>>> So, are the turbos good for 200K? 300K? :)
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Kent McLean
>>> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
>>> 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
>>> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad
>> Puppy"
>>> 
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