2004 S4 Avant

[Jeff Mruss]

I just wanted to belatedly thank everyone who helped out with this.  By the time I arrived in Toronto, the S4 I was interested in was gone and I couldn't find anything I wanted. 

I ended up purchasing (today) a 2007 2.0 A4 Avant in Montreal.  Not exactly the same thing as an S4 Avant, but a big step up over my now departed '84 5KS. 

Jeff

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On 2011-02-05, at 17:01, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:

> I would nto be all that concerned with the timing chain - if and only if - its been well maintained.
> 
> These things are quite durable. Poor maint is a no go on any used car purchase.
> 
> Grant
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Eric Sanborn wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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!!! $$$
>>> <http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information>
>>> 
>> 
>> I am friends with the owner of a local independent shop that works mostly on
>> German cars.  He recently got one of these in for a timing chain service.  I
>> don't recall why it needed it.  After looking into the details he put it on
>> a roll back to the dealer.  He said a crate motor was over $10k from Audi
>> and he didn't want to take on that kind of liability.
>> 
>> All that being said if I had the cash I would love to own one, especially
>> the manual Avant like you are looking at.
>> 
>> --
>> Eric
>> 
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> 
> Grant Lenahan
> glenahan at vfemail.net
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