Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
serviced at very regular intervals. Should I still change the timing
belt now or let it past 100K? as it is a 2001 is it still falling
under the notorious belt breaking? what do you suggest? Please advise

 

"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> driven by a girl with care,

 

"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> driven by a girl with care,

 

"Buying a Used Audi" wrpte
> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals.

Are you saying the TB should be in good shape because she drove the car with
care?

There have been a few cases of premature TB tensioner failures on 2001s as
well, so I wouldn't take a chance. Audi of America has actually reduced the
change interval to 75K miles on the newer 1.8Ts (although you didn't say
what engine your A4 has).

So, change it NOW (and all the other items I mentioned to you in another
post)! You're way overdue.

I'm gonna change it on my '01 A4 next year, even though I won't be near 60K
miles yet (36K right now). Time is a factor as well. And the cost of
replacement is still much less than the cost of fixing the damages if it
fails.

Anyway, that's just my opinion. I'm rather risk-averse.

Cheers,

Pete

 

"Buying a Used Audi" wrpte
> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals.

Are you saying the TB should be in good shape because she drove the car with
care?

There have been a few cases of premature TB tensioner failures on 2001s as
well, so I wouldn't take a chance. Audi of America has actually reduced the
change interval to 75K miles on the newer 1.8Ts (although you didn't say
what engine your A4 has).

So, change it NOW (and all the other items I mentioned to you in another
post)! You're way overdue.

I'm gonna change it on my '01 A4 next year, even though I won't be near 60K
miles yet (36K right now). Time is a factor as well. And the cost of
replacement is still much less than the cost of fixing the damages if it
fails.

Anyway, that's just my opinion. I'm rather risk-averse.

Cheers,

Pete

 

"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals. Should I still change the timing
> belt now or let it past 100K? as it is a 2001 is it still falling
> under the notorious belt breaking? what do you suggest? Please advise

As I understand it if you are not the original owner the 10 yr/100K warranty
goes out the window. If you are buying it from a dealer then you should get
at least a year's warranty on the thing (and you could ask for the TB to be
expressly included in the paperwork). If its a private sale/purchase then
I'd get it done ASAP - in fact I'd ask the vendor to get it done and
negotiate over the price of the thing.

I.

 

"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals. Should I still change the timing
> belt now or let it past 100K? as it is a 2001 is it still falling
> under the notorious belt breaking? what do you suggest? Please advise

As I understand it if you are not the original owner the 10 yr/100K warranty
goes out the window. If you are buying it from a dealer then you should get
at least a year's warranty on the thing (and you could ask for the TB to be
expressly included in the paperwork). If its a private sale/purchase then
I'd get it done ASAP - in fact I'd ask the vendor to get it done and
negotiate over the price of the thing.

I.

 

qazimo,
Why not try for a record - see if it reaches 300K!!! The belt cares not
about the driver's gender, and if it was "serviced at _VERY_ regular
intervals" dontcha think the belt would have been replaced already?
Seriously, you're being penny-wise and pound foolish if you think you're
saving money by running a timing belt twice as long as is the common
replacement interval. Just because it ran this morning doesn't mean that it
won't break on the highway tonight - unless you've got x-ray vision you
won't be able to predict when it'll go, and belt replacement is waaaaaaay
cheaper than putting a new engine in after the belt breaks and ingests some
of the valves.
Cheers!
Steve Sears - if I wanted to save money on maintenance I wouldn't own:
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes ( - ok, DKW's are cheap to
maintain...but still....)
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"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals. Should I still change the timing
> belt now or let it past 100K? as it is a 2001 is it still falling
> under the notorious belt breaking? what do you suggest? Please advise

 

qazimo,
Why not try for a record - see if it reaches 300K!!! The belt cares not
about the driver's gender, and if it was "serviced at _VERY_ regular
intervals" dontcha think the belt would have been replaced already?
Seriously, you're being penny-wise and pound foolish if you think you're
saving money by running a timing belt twice as long as is the common
replacement interval. Just because it ran this morning doesn't mean that it
won't break on the highway tonight - unless you've got x-ray vision you
won't be able to predict when it'll go, and belt replacement is waaaaaaay
cheaper than putting a new engine in after the belt breaks and ingests some
of the valves.
Cheers!
Steve Sears - if I wanted to save money on maintenance I wouldn't own:
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes ( - ok, DKW's are cheap to
maintain...but still....)
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"Buying a Used Audi" <qazimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you guys still recommend changing the timing belt at 60K miles. My
> car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care, and
> serviced at very regular intervals. Should I still change the timing
> belt now or let it past 100K? as it is a 2001 is it still falling
> under the notorious belt breaking? what do you suggest? Please advise

 

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<snip>
>My car is a 2001 A4 with 83K miles on it, driven by a girl with care...
<snip>

Ok...BEWARE! The timingbelt in Audi´s tend to get bored, if girls are
driving them. So it might commit harakiri, instead of breaking as a result
of tear and wear. Also, you´d have to be carefull not to let the timingbelt
hear words such as "60.000 miles", "tb-tensioner" and so on! You´ll have to
whisper these words, when you are close to the engine...otherwise it might
put 2 and 2 together - and actually start making trouble, ´cause it would
know something were supposed to be wrong at its present mileage.


</end of joke>

Really...are you kidding us!? *ROFL*



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Gio