2004 S4 Avant

[Grant Lenahan]

S6 (2002-3/C5) has a belt at the front.  Latest S6 is a V10.

Complete "nose job" from the dealer is about $2500 ( includes serp belt and every moving part and seal).

More like $1800 indie. Something like 12 hours. Its a big job.  i dont choose to do it.....yet.

Grant
On Feb 5, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Hayes Myers wrote:

> 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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