The book says 105,000 miles (155,000km)! But of course the book was
published before there were very many on the road. Does anyone have any
experience as to whether this recommendation can be trusted?

Thanks, Bob

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> The book says 105,000 miles (155,000km)! But of course the book was
> published before there were very many on the road. Does anyone have any
> experience as to whether this recommendation can be trusted?
>
> Thanks, Bob
>
>

How long is a piece of string,

are you talking 1st time ???? if so it sounds way to long.

when I was researching timing belt changes, some said 60K miles some said
80K.

dj
2.4 V6

so I had mine done at 60K and will probably have it redone at 100K to
110K....

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> The book says 105,000 miles (155,000km)! But of course the book was
> published before there were very many on the road. Does anyone have
> any experience as to whether this recommendation can be trusted?

Given the history of premature timing belt failures in the Audi lineup
and very expensive repair costs if the belt (or the tensioner) does
break on you, most people recommend replacing it every 60k miles. Even
Audi decided to reduce that interval to 75k miles in later years, if I'm
not mistaken.

Pete

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:34:05 -0500, "Pete" <noname@nodomain.com> wrote:

>
>
>"eBob.com" <fakename@totallybogus.com> wrote in message
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>> The book says 105,000 miles (155,000km)! But of course the book was
>> published before there were very many on the road. Does anyone have
>> any experience as to whether this recommendation can be trusted?
>
>Given the history of premature timing belt failures in the Audi lineup
>and very expensive repair costs if the belt (or the tensioner) does
>break on you, most people recommend replacing it every 60k miles. Even
>Audi decided to reduce that interval to 75k miles in later years, if I'm
>not mistaken.

Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.

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> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.

5 years

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:47 +0100, "Dave" <a@b.c> wrote:

>> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
>> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.
>
>5 years

Mine's well beyond that! Is this an official figure or an educated
guess? (BTW: It's booked in for a belt change next week).


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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:47 +0100, "Dave" <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>>> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
>>> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.
>>
>>5 years
>
> Mine's well beyond that! Is this an official figure or an educated
> guess? (BTW: It's booked in for a belt change next week).
>

Make sure you get water pump, tensioner etc. replaced at the same time.

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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:47 +0100, "Dave" <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>>> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
>>> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.
>>
>>5 years
>
> Mine's well beyond that! Is this an official figure or an educated
> guess? (BTW: It's booked in for a belt change next week).
>
>
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my A4 V6 2.4 service book says,

40K miles for A3, 4 cylinder TD engine only
60K miles for 4 cylinder TD only Not A3
80k miles for 5 cylinder TD, V6 TD, 5 cylinder petrol, V6 petrol (30V) & V8

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:13:14 +0100, "tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com> wrote:

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>"Mark" <i@getlotsofspamthankstoplus.net> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:47 +0100, "Dave" <a@b.c> wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
>>>> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.
>>>
>>>5 years
>>
>> Mine's well beyond that! Is this an official figure or an educated
>> guess? (BTW: It's booked in for a belt change next week).
>>
>>
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>my A4 V6 2.4 service book says,
>
>40K miles for A3, 4 cylinder TD engine only
>60K miles for 4 cylinder TD only Not A3
>80k miles for 5 cylinder TD, V6 TD, 5 cylinder petrol, V6 petrol (30V) & V8

So no time limits - only mileages. I wonder if this is deliberate or
an omission?

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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:13:14 +0100, "tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mark" <i@getlotsofspamthankstoplus.net> wrote in message
>>news:6jdp64ta0mutr1allvbptvrd7r8g3iu3tl@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:47 +0100, "Dave" <a@b.c> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
>>>>> miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.
>>>>
>>>>5 years
>>>
>>> Mine's well beyond that! Is this an official figure or an educated
>>> guess? (BTW: It's booked in for a belt change next week).
>>>
>>>
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>>my A4 V6 2.4 service book says,
>>
>>40K miles for A3, 4 cylinder TD engine only
>>60K miles for 4 cylinder TD only Not A3
>>80k miles for 5 cylinder TD, V6 TD, 5 cylinder petrol, V6 petrol (30V) &
>>V8
>
> So no time limits - only mileages. I wonder if this is deliberate or
> an omission?
>
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the only time limit was 3 years for plugs and 4 years for auto box oil but
that excluded my long life oiled box.

my Audi was 8 years old at 61k so I took a mid point view, over a reasonable
time but under the 80K plus Martins VAG said 60K when I phoned them.