2004 S4 Avant

[Hayes Myers]

Thanks...yeah the S6 would be the avant ...02ish... really enjoyed my 4.2
A6... who knows..it could still happen.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:

> 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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