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Re: Self Servicing a6q???



Great,
	Thanks for the inof.  By Ribbed V-belt... do you mean the accesory
drive belt???  if so that sounds easy enough. :-)  90k for a timing belt.
Thats a long time.  Nice for us though. :-)
	L8R

	Todd Phenneger
	1983 ur-q / black / getting a MC
	1984 4000 quattro / modified/ turbo conv almost done.
	1987 4000 quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
	1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
   *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Andrew Duane USG wrote:

> Hairy green toads from Mars made Todd Phenneger say:
> 
> > Heya everyone,
> > 	My Father has a 96' A6q.  (Old body Style, 12v engine)  Anyhow,
> > its got 52,000 miles on it now and so its time to think about the timing
> > belt change on it this spring.  For obvious reasons I'm not looking
> > forward to having the dealer do it and probably wont let them touch the
> > thing now that its out of warranty (scheduled service anyhow)  Oil changes
> > are being done at alocal shop due to time right now (I'm in shchool)  
> > 	Anyhow, I want to take over maint of it.  First off, Factory
> > Recommends Oil Changes every 7.5k miles.  This seems long to me.  Does the
> > Factory use Synth oil???  Somehow I doubt it.  But for my Dads driving
> > style I'm sure its fine.  But what else do they do at 7.5k miles.  do they
> > grease anything???  Is there an A6 bently???  I assume there is.  Or at
> > least some sort of factory manual I can get. (Im sure there is)  
> 
> No, the factory uses dino. I switched to synth on mine, and use 5K
> oil change intervals, "usually" replacing the filter (I got
> lazy last week). 7.5K is a little too long for my taste, even
> with synth. I think 3K might be more than required though.
> 
> There is a Bentley for the A6, I have it. 3 VERY large volumes,
> a little over $200 (OK, $50 over $200). Most of it seems to be
> dedicated to "where to plug in the VAG1551".
> 
> But it's still what there is for the car.
> 
> > 	Lastly that Timing Belt.  I=5's are easy.  Subaru Flat 4-s are
> > wierd and have 2-belts.  Where does the A6 fallin.  I've heard the V8 is
> > scary to do.  (Very complicated)  Is the V-6 a reasonable Job for a decent
> > home mechanic???  Special Tools??  Stuff to do while in there.  (I havent
> > even researched this yet.  I'm assuming Water Pump just like the I-5 but
> > have no clue) 
> 
> According the Chris, the V6 is a little tougher than the I5,
> but nowhere near as bad as the 20V I5 (coupe/90Q20V). I will
> pay someone to do it though, I just don't want to get into it.
> 
> BTW, if you read the book, you'll notice that the 12V V6
> specifies a 90K timing belt interval, not 60K. The ribbed
> V-belt gets done at 60K, along with some other things.
> 
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