Car stalled at stop sign, now it won't start

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Nov 18, 2006 | 06:26 PM

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techbod

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just in case you don't believe me

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Nov 18, 2006 | 06:36 PM

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Amze

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Sweet! howcomes everyone says 60k then?

Nov 18, 2006 | 06:50 PM

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techbod

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that's an Audi myth to grab your money like many other things like oil/ coolant but too much said already

Nov 18, 2006 | 07:49 PM

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RE: Car stalled at stop sign, now it won't start

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ORIGINAL: sami.durrani

oh and interesting fact, in talking to the dealer today, it seem like the timing belt on this car has never been changed! (at least there's no record of it). is that possible? 116K

Any updates on the situation??? One good thing you have going for you is that you have an 01 and the updated t-belt tensioner. One bad thing is that regardless of tensioner design, 116k miles is too long to go without a belt change.
People that have a pre 2000 model should do it between 60 and 70k miles because the old style tensioner is unreliable and is only good for about that long. Its not a scam, its called preventative maintnance.