Yup, it was the water pump, which was leaking. I think it was age and time as well, as the the serpentine had cracks all around as well. It was great to have this 90 live to shred another timing belt. I feel so lucky!
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That is errmm, the brave way of doing it!
If you have run two timing belts from new to failure on this engine and got lucky twice, I have great interest in knowing the time/mileage they really lasted in practice. Care to share?
This is valuable information that most of us lack the balls to obtain.
I think Audi’s original spec for replacement on the 12v V6 was 80K miles..not sure about the time aspect though…
Modern “recommendations” are certainly lower than 80K…
Congrats in fixing it and dodging head work twice
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