96 A6 Quattro Drive Belt

[Tony Hoffman]

The serpentine belt is refered to as the "drive" belt by a lot of
mechanics. Also refered in Worldpac and Mitchell as a drive belt, or
alternator drive belt.

Either way, it's .6hr book time, $15 my cost. I'd charge a customer about
$75 to replace. Sounds like someone's mechanic is on an early retirement
plan to me ;-)

Tony




On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:38 PM, S P SHERMAN <spsherm at msn.com> wrote:

>
> I am looking for a definition of Drive belt on these cars.
>
> I am starting to look for a replacement to my old 86 Avant 5000CS quattro,
> and am checking into a an A6 Quattro. The current owner is not a mechanic,
> and his mechanic mentioned that this car needed a "drive belt" replacement
> (for about $400). He said it was not a timing belt. Not being familiar with
> these newer Audis, I can't guess from the description and price what they
> are talking about.  Can someone enlighten me.
>
> Thanks