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16th September 2012, 02:37 PM
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All petrol-engined D2's, from the 2,8 V6 - 4,2 V8 are belt-driven. There is a chain linking both inlet and exhaust cams though, but the main drive from crank to cams is via belt.
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16th September 2012, 04:36 PM
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IIRC it's around 100,000 miles. For some strange reason 105,000 sticks in my mind.
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16th September 2012, 07:43 PM
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It's 120k km which works out around 75k miles. On some models it also says 120k km or 5 years whichever comes first, on others just 120k km without time period.
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16th September 2012, 08:53 PM
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Mine had its second replacement at a long overdue 174K miles and 10.5 years old back in January, its first change by the previous owner was also slightly overdue. Mine is now well on the way to 181K miles, and it seems to be fine on the belt front despite 2 late changes.
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28th October 2012, 07:19 AM
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My 02 A8 had a belt change at 61k miles, its now sitting at 129k! Would it be a wise move to get this and the water pump done? Parts alone are around £385, so its not going to be a cheap job inc. labour!
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28th October 2012, 07:35 AM
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its definitely worth getting the water pump and tensioners / rollers done at the same time - I had the serpentine belt done also. most of the V8s also need the thermostat changing at the same time as for the low cost its a no brainer as its hard to get to normally. not sure on that on the V6 though so check it out first. You are on the nail with parts costs at around £400 and quotes i originally had for my V8 recently were £640 from an indie and £880 from Audi but they did mine for a £100 inc vat in the end at Audi (subsidised by head office due to "issues" on another car) so I wasn't complaining!! The car is looking excellent by the way
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