2004 S4 Avant

[Hayes Myers]

wha'ts the config on the S6 ie: Is the chain on the back or front?... I
wouldn't mind an S6 ...
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Jeff Mruss wrote:
>  > I'm looking into buying a used S4 Avant.  There are two for sale in
> Toronto,
>  > so I'm looking into flying there from Winnipeg and then driving one
> back.
>  > One is a 2004 with 160,000 km, asking $19K and another is a 2005 with
>  > 104,000, asking $23K.
>
> I'd be more concerned with maintenance receipts. Google says the timing
> chain
> tensioner should be replaced every 75K miles. [1] The timing chain itself
> is
> a "lifetime" item, but googling also finds that if oil changes were
> neglected
> and the car was beat on, then 100K is a lifetime. Replacing the chain is an
> expensive, engine-out job. I don't know about the tensioner.
>
> [1] I originally was thinking timing belt, but the V8 doesn't have one.
> That's the good news. The bad news is the timing chain is at the rear
> of the engine, which is why it has to come out for a timing chain repair.
> Ka-Ching!!! $$$
>
> --
> 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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