[V8] timing belt

[cobram at juno.com]

Belts age, they don't age well.

I have seen many cars with very few miles, but years from last timing
belt replacement. in my friends shop with broken timing Belt$$.  
Many of them had sat in garages or were driven very little.  

One was a very expensive Italian car which had 250 miles (and 8 years) on
the timing belt.  Customer actually asked about warranty because of the
mileage....good one pal.

On the interference engines, I change them out at 5 or 6 years if the car
hasn't reached the designated mileage.

Relatively cheap insurance if you do your own wrenching.  YMMV of course,
and I'm not up with the latest belt technology, but I suspect age is
still a consideration.

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.



On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:35:29 +0000 (UTC) Bob <bkrussow at comcast.net>
writes:
> I pulled the the cover on mine yesterday and found it to be clean and 
> very little wear. No leaks of anti-freeze or oil. The belt was done 
> at the Audi dealer and I could just make out the OOOO on the belt. I 
> think I will take the same approach and check it once or twice this 
> summer and fall. Since I don't drive it in the winter I can do it 
> then or just keep checking it and change it at it's mileage life. 
> 
> I have my brake accumulator out to be re-charged to see if that 
> improves the braking. They have always felt spongy. I have replaced 
> pads, all 4 flexible hoses and had them power bled twice and the 
> feel is always the same. I get the red brake light on the first stab 
> of the pedal, if I release and press again I get much better brake 
> response. 
> Bob 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Acadianlion" <Acadianlion at hotmail.com> 
> To: v8 at audifans.com 
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 11:11:15 AM 
> Subject: Re: [V8] timing belt 
> 
> I found the timing belt thread to be very timely. I've had my V8 
> back 
> on the road since Christmas and have enjoyed it again, albeit not 
> full 
> time. 
> 
> Very shortly I will have a new windshield installed then proceed to 
> the 
> mandatory state inspection. Prior to Christmas, the car had been off 
> 
> the road for two and one half years simply because it wasn't needed 
> to 
> be driven. But with the fuel pump failure in the 100, it was 
> necessary 
> to drive the dear old thing again while the fuel pump repair was 
> made. 
> The car ran fairly well but for a minor skip which is largely gone 
> and 
> which I suspect is plugs. I have chosen not to do anything about it 
> as 
> yet as it isn't severe and is mostly intermittant anyway. 
> 
> I rechecked my records. When I first bought the car in 2008 it had 
> 66,000 miles on it and immediately it went to the wrench. Needed 
> RIGHT 
> THEN was the timing belt which was original to the car and a hand 
> full 
> of other small-is items.. At tha time it also received new plug, 
> wires, 
> distributor caps. fie; filters and the like. Now it is eight years 
> later and the car has travelled perhaps thirty thousand miles. 
> 
> So when the car goes to the wrench for its inspection, I'll have the 
> 
> covers pulled off the timing belt and we'll look at it. I suspect 
> the 
> timing belt will be fine to continue with, but from now on I'll 
> likely 
> have the wrench look at it every six or seven thousand miles. I 
> really, 
> REALLY do not want to do the timing belt at this point, although 
> technically by age it should be done, or at least checked carefully. 
> I 
> am hopeful that it won't be necessary prior to its normal mileage 
> limit 
> which will occur for this car perhaps in 2019. 
> 
> 2019 is a sort of magic year for me. I might be interested in doing 
> something else around that time. Some other sort of vehicle that is. 
> 
> That might be a good time for us to really pull the plug and go back 
> to 
> one car in the household. I expect the 100 Avant to have at least 
> 225,000 by that time, and the V8 will probably have around 120,000 
> and 
> absolutely due for a full timing belt service. The 100 Avant will 
> need 
> a timing belt at around 235,000 miles and depending on how much it 
> leaks 
> before then will determine exactly what we will be doing. At 75 
> years 
> of age I am really not keen to buy another car at all as I like what 
> 
> I've got and what I've got works very well for us. 
> 
> And I do not want a Tesla. 
> 
> or a Prius. 
> 
> EVER. 
> 
> Roger