V6 ENGINE

Hi Mick,

I might be wrong, because I'm by no means certain, but wouldn't that be the same type block that's in my dad's 93/94 (L) 100 2.6 V6?

If so, I just thought I'd let you know that he's had no major problems with the car at all - he bought it three years old from Lex Audi in Preston and it's been serviced there and at their successor (Preston Audi) ever since. It's done a few less miles (was doing the average 10-12k per year but recently it's dropped massively) at around 75k - he had a new exhaust system fitted recently, and before that it had its timing belt etc. done (I don't think this was done at Audi actually) - the engine must be quite resilliant because it ran a tooth out for a little while after that until it was spotted and quickly rectified!

The only issue with the car at the moment besides a few paintwork scratches, is that the bushes in the front corners could do with replacing.

As far as the engine itself is concerned, it still performs well considering its age - it might not be quite as definate under acceleration as it was when he bought the car, but now and then he still likes to put his clog down from 0 and you're well in the back of the seat as you feel the wheels fighting to get a roll /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Obviously this might not be a measure of the entire production-run, but I thought I'd give you a report of at least one Audi 2.6 V6 lump from that period.

All the best with your car-search!

Regards,

Rob.